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PETERSON v. COM.

Record No. 822136.

302 S.E.2d 520 (1983)

Derick Lynn PETERSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 29, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Huffman, III, Hampton, for appellant.

Richard B. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

CARRICO, C.J., COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON and RUSSELL, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.

COCHRAN, Justice.

On August 30, 1982, a jury found Derick Lynn Peterson guilty of capital murder in the commission of robbery while armed with a deadly weapon. In the second phase of the bifurcated trial, the jury fixed his punishment at death. The trial court confirmed the conviction and sentenced Peterson in accordance with the verdict. We have consolidated the mandatory review...

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