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POWELL v. COM.

Nos. 002242, 002243.

544 S.E.2d 679 (2001)

Paul Warner POWELL v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Morissette and Ronald W. Fahy (DePolo & Morissette, on brief), Manassas, for appellant.

Robert Q. Harris, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief) for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., LACY, HASSELL, KEENAN, KOONTZ, and LEMONS, JJ., and WHITING, Senior Justice.

KOONTZ, Justice.

In these appeals, we review the capital murder conviction, related convictions, and sentence of death imposed upon Paul Warner Powell.1

I. THE CRIMES

We will review the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the party prevailing below. Clagett v. Commonwealth, 252 Va. 79, 84, 472 S.E.2d 263, 265 (1996), cert...

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