Legal Opinion
Bailey v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 21, 2000No. Record 992840 and 000151PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Koontz
As mandated by Code § 17.1-313, we review the convictions and death sentences imposed upon Mark Wesley Bailey (Bailey), for the capital murder of Nathan Mark Bailey (Nathan), Bailey’s two-year-old son. We also review Bailey’s convictions for the first-degree murder of Katherine Ester Bailey (Katherine), Bailey’s wife, and use of a firearm in the commission of capital murder and first-degree murder.
BACKGROUND
Under familiar principles of appellate review, we will review the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the party prevailing below. Clagett v. Commonwealth, 252 Va. 79,…
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- Smith v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1978
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