Legal Opinion
Swann v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided February 25, 1994No. Record 931434 and 931435PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Whiting
On November 7, 1992, Conway Forrest Richter was shot and killed at his home in Danville. Six weeks later, Calvin Eugene Swann was indicted for the following crimes arising from that homicide: (1) capital murder in the commission of a robbery while armed with a deadly weapon; (2) robbery; (3) burglary; (4) use of a sawed-off shotgun during the robbery; and (5) possession of a firearm after a previous felony conviction.
At trial on the capital murder and robbery charges, a jury found Swann guilty of both crimes and fixed his punishment for the robbery at life imprisonment. In the second phase of…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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3Cited by41 opinions
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