COM. v. SMITH

Record No. 010749.

557 S.E.2d 223 (2002)

263 Va. 13

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia v. Melvin Douglas SMITH, Jr.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen B. Martin, Assistant Attorney General (Randolph A. Beales, Attorney General, on briefs), for appellant.

Christopher J. Collins, Richmond, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


Opinion By Chief Justice HARRY L. CARR I CO.

In the trial court, the defendant, Melvin Douglas Smith, Jr., was indicted in connection with four murders. In Indictment No. F-98-2375, he was charged with first degree murder in the killing of Bruce Ross (Code § 18.2-32), in Indictment No. F-98-2373 with capital murder in the killing of Irvin Doughty as part of the same act or transaction as the murder of Bruce Ross (Code § 18.2-31(7)), in Indictment No. F-98...

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