Legal Opinion
Mueller v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 18, 1992No. Record 920287 and 920449PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Keenan
Charity Powers, age ten, disappeared in the early morning hours of October 6, 1990. Four months later, her body was recovered from a shallow grave near the home of Everett Lee Mueller. Mueller was arrested and thereafter confessed to her rape and murder.
At the first stage of a bifurcated trial, conducted pursuant to Code §§ 19.2-264.3 and -264.4, a jury found Mueller guilty of capital murder in violation of Code § 18.2-31(5) and -31(8) (murder in the commission of a rape, and murder of a child under 12 in the commission of an abduction). The jury also convicted Mueller of rape *390and abduction…
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