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PATTERSON v. COM.

Record No. 001798.

551 S.E.2d 332 (2001)

262 Va. 301

James Earl PATTERSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 14, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Clinton Clary, Jr. (Slayton, Bain & Clary, on brief), Lawrenceville, for appellant.

Robert O. Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mark L. Earley, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

LACY, Justice.

James Earl Patterson received a death sentence upon a plea of guilty to a charge of capital murder in the commission of a rape, Code § 18.2-31(5), in the death of Joyce Sneed Aldridge.1 Although Patterson has waived his right of appeal, Code § 17.1-313 mandates that we review the imposition of the death sentence. We must consider and determine whether the sentence of death was imposed "under the influence of passion...

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