Tibbs v. Commonwealth

COLE, Senior Judge.

Appellant, Kelley Ann Tibbs, was convicted by a jury of robbery, abduction and capital murder. The capital murder conviction was based on a finding of a murder committed in the commission of robbery. See Code § 18.2-31(4).

Appellant was sentenced to ten years for the robbery conviction and life imprisonment for the capital murder conviction. She was also sentenced to ten years for the abduction, but this conviction has not been appealed.

At the writ stage of this proceeding, appellant contended: (1) the trial court erred by entering final judgment on the robbery verdict when…