Legal Opinion
Strickler v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 19, 1991No. Record 901391 and 901392PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Russell
In these appeals, we review a capital murder conviction and a death penalty imposed upon Thomas David Strickler, together with convictions for robbery and abduction.
I. PROCEEDINGS
Strickler was tried upon indictments charging robbery, abduction, and capital murder, Code § 18.2-31. At the first stage of a bifurcated jury trial conducted pursuant to Code §§ 19.2-264.3 and -264.4A, Strickler was found guilty as charged in all three indictments. The jury fixed his punishment at life imprisonment for each of the two non-capital offenses. At the penalty phase of the capital murder trial, after…
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