Legal Opinion
Coleman v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 9, 1983No. Record 821816PublishedCited by 197 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
Tried by a jury under indictments charging him with the rape of Wanda Faye Thompson McCoy and with the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing of the same victim during the commission of rape, capital murder as defined in Code § 18.2-31(e), Roger Keith Coleman was found guilty as charged. The jury fixed his punishment for rape at confinement in the penitentiary for life. In the second part of the bifurcated proceeding required by Code §§ 19.2-264.3 and -264.4 in the capital murder case, the jury fixed Coleman’s sentence at death. On April 23, 1982, after considering the probation…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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3Cited by197 opinions
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- Kelly v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2003
- Stockton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
- Marable v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1998
- Gray v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
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