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EMMETT v. COM.

Record No. 020314.

569 S.E.2d 39 (2000)

264 Va. 264

Christopher Scott EMMETT v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 13, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Jane Chittom, Appellate Defender (Joseph R. Winston, Appellate Special Counsel; Public Defender Commission, on briefs), for appellant.

Robert Q. Harris, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

KOONTZ, Justice.

In a bifurcated trial conducted pursuant to Code § 19.2-264.3, a jury convicted Christopher Scott Emmett of the capital murder of John Fenton Langley in the commission of robbery, Code § 18.2-31(4), and fixed Emmett's punishment at death. The trial court imposed the death sentence in accordance with the jury's verdict. Code § 17.1-313(A) mandates that we review the imposition of a death sentence.1

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