Legal Opinion
Wade v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided January 30, 1990No. Record No. 0906-88-3PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOON, J.
We hold that Loretta Lawhorne Wade’s conviction of attempted capital murder of a police officer, after having previously been convicted of obstruction of justice upon the same evidence, must be reversed because the prosecution for attempted capital murder violated the statutory proscription of Code § 19.2-294.
The statutory offenses involved in the instant case are Code § 18.2-460(B), obstruction of justice, and Code § 18.2-31(f), attempted killing of a police officer to interfere with the performance of his duties. Code § 18.2-460(B) provides: “If any person by threats, or…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Pine v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1917
- Jones v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1978
- Estes v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1971
- Arrington v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1890
- John Henry Downey v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by23 opinions
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