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STOCKTON v. COM.

Record No. 901320.

402 S.E.2d 196 (1991)

Dennis Waldon STOCKTON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen I. Meyer, Barry L. Johnson (William E. Cook, Jr., Carolyn M. Landever, Kevin L. Anderson, Kathy Gear Owens, Arnold & Porter, on briefs), for appellant.

Virginia B. Theisen, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., John H. McLees, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

CARRICO, Chief Justice.

On March 23, 1983, a jury in the Circuit Court of Patrick County convicted Dennis Waldon Stockton of murder for hire and fixed his punishment at death. The trial court imposed the death penalty, and this Court affirmed both the conviction and the sentence. Stockton v. Commonwealth, 227 Va. 124, 314 S.E.2d 371 (1984) (Stockton I). The Supreme Court...

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