Legal Opinion
Traverso v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided April 5, 1988No. Record No. 0953-86-4PublishedCited by 140 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOON, J.
— A jury impanelled in Loudoun County convicted the appellant of first degree murder and recommended a sentence of life imprisonment. The dispositive question on appeal asks whether the Commonwealth proved venue under Code § 19.2-247 by demonstrating that the victim’s body was found in Loudoun County, Virginia. We reverse because under no interpretation of the law describing the Virginia/Maryland boundary could one determine that the victim’s body was found in Loudoun County, Virginia.
Two boaters first saw the decedent’s body in the Potomac River on July 30, 1985. Testimony at…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Stockton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
- Sutphin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1985
- Gooden v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
- Keesee v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1975
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3Cited by140 opinions
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- Ragland v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1993
- Canipe v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1997
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