Commonwealth v. Smith

In the trial court, the defendant, Melvin Douglas Smith, Jr., was indicted in connection with four murders. In Indictment No. F-98-2375, he was charged with first degree murder in the killing of Bruce Ross (Code § 18.2-32), in Indictment No. F-98-2373 with capital murder in the killing of Irvin Doughty as part of the same act or transaction as the murder of Bruce Ross (Code § 18.2-31(7)), in Indictment No. F-98-2379 with first degree murder in the killing of Kenneth “Randy” Smith (Code § 18.2-32), 1 and in Indictment No. F-98-2383 with capital murder in the killing of Warrick Ray within three…