Legal Opinion
Gray v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 24, 1987No. Record 860373; Record 860374PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStephenson, J.
Coleman Wayne Gray was indicted for the capital murder of Richard M. McClelland in the commission of robbery, Code § 18.2-31(d), the robbery of McClelland, the abduction of Mc-Clelland, the use of a firearm in the commission of each of those felonies, and the arson of McClelland’s automobile. The robbery occurred on May 2, 1985, at Murphy’s Mart store in the City of Portsmouth where McClelland was the manager. A jury convicted Gray of all counts, fixing his punishment at life imprisonment on the robbery charge, life imprisonment on the abduction charge, 10 years in the penitentiary on the…
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