Elliott Jerome Hawthorne v. Commonwealth of VA

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Willis, Bray and Annunziata Argued at Norfolk, Virginia ELLIOTT JEROME HAWTHORNE MEMORANDUM OPINION * BY v. Record No. 1455-98-1 JUDGE RICHARD S. BRAY JUNE 29, 1999 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF NORFOLK Everett A. Martin, Jr., Judge J. Barry McCracken (Cook & McCracken, on brief), for appellant. Kathleen B. Martin, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Elliott Jerome Hawthorne (defendant) was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder. On appeal, defendant contends…