Legal Opinion
Weeks v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 4, 1994No. Record 940335PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Compton
On February 24, 1993, Virginia State Trooper Jose M. Cavazos was shot and killed by defendant Lonnie Weeks, Jr., in Prince William County. Subsequently, defendant was indicted for the felonious, willful, deliberate, and premeditated homicide of the law enforcement officer, when such killing was for the purpose of interfering with the performance of the trooper’s official duties. Code § 18.2-31(6). Defendant also was charged with grand larceny of a motor vehicle, Code § 18.2-95, and use of a firearm in the commission of murder, Code § 18.2-53.1.
Following several pretrial hearings, including a…
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