BOOKER v. COM.

Record No. 071626.

661 S.E.2d 461 (2008)

Joseph BOOKER v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 6, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tara D. Hatcher (Alexander Law Group, on briefs), for appellant.

Kathleen B. Martin, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


OPINION BY Justice BARBARA MILANO KEENAN.

In this appeal, we consider whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming a judgment in a criminal case in which the circuit court, in response to a question posed by the jury during deliberations in the sentencing phase, instructed the jury that the court had the power to reduce but not to increase the sentence imposed by the jury.

Joseph Booker was tried by a jury in the Circuit Court of Amelia County on indictments...

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