Legal Opinion

Smith v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided August 1, 2000No. 0486992PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUFF, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of first degree murder, abduction and use of a firearm in the commission of murder. On appeal, appellant contends the trial court committed reversible error by (1) denying her proffered instruction regarding the elements of the felony murder rule, (2) overruling her exceptions to the Commonwealth’s proffered instructions nine through twelve, (3) ruling that if the evidence was sufficient to find that she was a part of the abduction then she was responsible for everything which occurred during the abduction, and (4) finding sufficient evidence to support…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Rollston v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1991
  2. Darnell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1988
  3. Scott v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
  4. Joseph v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1995
  5. Haskell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1978

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Schwartz v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2005
  2. Jeffrey Nigel Carr v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2018
  3. Schmitt v. TrueDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2005
  4. Michael Leon Brooks, Jr. v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2004
  5. Mitzi Bishop Denson v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2018

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