Legal Opinion
Quesinberry v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 1, 1991No. Record 901257 and 901258PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hassell
On appeal, we review the capital murder conviction and death sentence imposed upon George Adrian Quesinberry, Jr. for the murder of Thomas L. Haynes.
I. PROCEEDINGS
On January 22, 1990, Quesinberry was indicted by a Chesterfield County grand jury for capital murder under former Code § 18.2-31(d), now Code § 18.2-31(4) 1 , breaking and entering with the intent to commit larceny, robbery, and use of a firearm in the commissions of burglary, robbery, and murder. At the conclusion of the first stage of a bifurcated jury trial conducted pursuant to Code §§ 19.2-264.3 and -264.4, the jury convicted…
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