LENZ v. WARDEN

Record No. 012883.

579 S.E.2d 194 (2003)

265 Va. 373

Michael W. LENZ v. WARDEN of the Sussex I State Prison.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer L. Givens (Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, on briefs), for petitioner.

Paul C. Galanides, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for respondent.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., LACY, KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, and LEMONS, JJ., and CARRICO, S.J.


Opinion by Chief Justice LEROY R. HASSELL, SR.

UPON A PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

I.

Petitioner, Michael William Lenz, was convicted of the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing of a person by a prisoner confined in a state or local correctional facility in violation of Code § 18.2-31(3). The jury fixed his punishment at death, and the circuit court sentenced petitioner in accordance with the jury verdict. We affirmed the...

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