Barnes v. Commonwealth

At a bench trial, Herman Charles Barnes was convicted of the capital murders of Clyde Jenkins and Michael Mohammed Afifi pursuant to the multiple homicide provisions of Code § 18.2-*13231(g). He was also convicted of abduction for pecuniary benefit, in violation of Code § 18.2-48, and was sentenced to 50 years in prison; use of a firearm in the commission of an abduction, in violation of Code § 18.2-53.1, and was sentenced to 2 years in prison; attempted robbery, and was sentenced in accordance with Code §§ 18.2-26 and 18.2-58 to 10 years in prison; and use of a firearm in the commission of an…