Legal Opinion
Blevins v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 16, 2004No. Record 031022PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE STEPHENSON
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The issue in this appeal involves a trial court’s refusal to declare a mistrial based on alleged juror partiality.
I
In a jury trial in the Circuit Court of the City of Roanoke, Lawrence Kevin Blevins was convicted of object sexual penetration, malicious wounding, and abduction with intent to defile. Blevins was sentenced to a total prison term of life, plus 40 years.
Thereafter, Blevins appealed his convictions to the Court of Appeals. On April 29, 2003, the Court of Appeals issued an opinion affirming the convictions. Blevins v.…
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- Eaton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1990
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