Legal Opinion
Lovitt v. Warden, Sussex I State Prison
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 12, 2003No. Record 012663PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Keenan
The petitioner, Robin M. Lovitt, was convicted by a jury of the capital murder of Clayton Dicks in the commission of robbery, in violation of Code § 18.2-31, and of robbery, in violation of Code § 18.2-58. The circuit court sentenced Lovitt in accordance with the jury verdict to death for capital murder and to life imprisonment for robbery. We affirmed the circuit court’s judgment in Lovitt v. Commonwealth, 260 Va. 497, 520, 537 S.E.2d 866, 881 (2000), cert. denied, 534 U.S. 815 (2001).
Under Code § 8.01-654, Lovitt filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus against the warden of the Sussex…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Robin McKennel Lovitt v. William Page True, Warden, Sussex I State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2005
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