Legal Opinion
Quintana v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 9, 1982No. Record 811845PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCompton, J.
This is an automatic review of a death sentence and the underlying conviction of capital murder in the commission of robbery while armed with a deadly weapon.
The victim of the crime, Ofelia Quintero, a 72-year-old native of Cuba, was killed by multiple hammer blows to he. head, neck, and back. Numerous articles missing from her Arlington apartment were discovered in a search of a car owned by Manuel C. Quintana. Quintana, a Cuban native who speaks no English, was arrested, charged with capital murder, and, in a bifurcated trial, convicted and sentenced by a jury to death. The trial court…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Ungar v. SarafiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by101 opinions
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