Hakim M. Abdul-Wasi v. Commonwealth

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Chief Judge Fitzpatrick, Judges Felton and Kelsey Argued at Chesapeake, Virginia HAKIM M. ABDUL-WASI MEMORANDUM OPINION∗ BY v. Record No. 2901-03-1 CHIEF JUDGE JOHANNA L. FITZPATRICK MAY 3, 2005 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF HAMPTON Christopher W. Hutton, Judge Terry N. Grinnalds for appellant. Robert H. Anderson, III, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Hakim M. Abdul-Wasi (appellant) was indicted for first-degree murder in violation of Code § 18.2-32. He was…