Legal Opinion
Saunders v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 7, 1991No. Record 901488PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE POFF
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this appeal, we review a capital murder conviction and a judgment imposing a death penalty upon William Ira Saunders.
I. PROCEEDINGS
Upon his motion, the Commonwealth and the court concurring, Saunders was tried by the court without a jury upon indictments charging capital murder, robbery, and use of a firearm in the commission of capital murder. Invoking the grounds defined in Code § 18.2-31(4), the capital murder indictment charged that the murder was accomplished “in the commission of robbery, while armed with a deadly weapon”.
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