Legal Opinion

Mu'Min v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 2, 1990No. Record 890899PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SENIOR JUSTICE POFF

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Dawud Majid Mu’Min, also known as David Michael Allen, was tried by a jury on an indictment charging capital murder. Invoking the three grounds defined in subsections (c), (d), and (e) of Code § 18.2-31 (Repl. Vol. 1988) (now, subsections (3), (4), and (5) of § 18.2-31), the indictment alleged that the killing had been committed while the accused “was a prisoner confined in a State or local correctional facility or while in the custody of an *437employee thereof, or while in the commission of robbery, while armed with a deadly weapon, or…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Zant v. StephensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Murphy v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Dowling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. United States v. HaldemanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Mu'Min v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Lavinder v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1991
  3. George v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1991
  4. Mueller v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1992
  5. Dawud Majid Mu'min v. Samuel v. Pruett, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997

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