Legal Opinion
Curtis v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided February 11, 1992No. Record No. 1000-89-2PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON REHEARING EN BANC
Opinion
WILLIS, J.
Keith Lamont Curtis appeals his conviction for the attempted capital murder of Dominica Harris in the commission of or subsequent to rape. Curtis had been convicted previously in Richmond for one of the two rapes that served as predicates for the attempted capital murder charge. The issue on appeal is whether proof of the Richmond rape to support the prosecution for attempted capital murder is barred under principles of double jeopardy. We hold that his conviction in Richmond for the rape that occurred there did not bar proof of that rape as a predicate…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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