BLOODGOOD v. COMMONWEALTH


183 S.E.2d 737 (1971)

212 Va. 253

Claude F. BLOODGOOD, III v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 11, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berry D. Willis, Jr., Norfolk, for plaintiff in error.

Vann H. Lefcoe, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN, and HARMAN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

At the trial of defendant Claude F. Bloodgood, III, the jury returned a verdict finding him guilty of first degree murder and fixing his punishment at death by electrocution. Bloodgood now appeals from the conviction order sentencing him in accordance with the verdict. We can dispose of his contentions summarily.

The death sentence does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment in contravention of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the...

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