ROACH v. COM.

Record No. 951416.

468 S.E.2d 98 (1996)

Steve ROACH v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Heilberg (Peter L. McCloud; Boyle, Bain & Downer, on briefs), Charlottesville, for appellant.

Robert B. Beasley, Jr., Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), Richmond, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


KEENAN, Justice.

In this appeal, we review a capital murder conviction and a death sentence imposed upon Steve Edward Roach for the murder of Mary Ann Hughes, his 70-year-old neighbor.1

I. PROCEEDINGS

Juvenile petitions were issued against Roach, who was 17 years old at the time of these offenses, charging him with capital murder, use of a firearm in the commission of murder...

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