Legal Opinion
Hopkins v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 27, 1985No. Record 840660; Record 840745PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
In these appeals, Jerry Wayne Hopkins challenges his conviction in Franklin County of the murder of Rose Marie Kretschman and his conviction in the City of Martinsville of abduction of Kretschman. The convictions arose from a common factual background.
Hopkins was tried in Martinsville under indictments charging him with abducting Kretschman and maliciously wounding Tyrone Griffin on May 1, 1983. In January 1984, a jury found Hopkins guilty of Kretschman’s abduction, fixing his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for 10 years, but found him not guilty of unlawfully wounding Griffin.…
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