Upon a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.
In August 2001, a jury in the Circuit Court for the City of Hampton convicted William Wilton Morrisette, III of rape and capital murder during the commission of rape. Finding that the Commonwealth had proven beyond a reasonable doubt both aggravating factors of "future dangerousness" and "vileness," see Code § 19.2-264.2, the jury fixed Morrisette's sentence at...
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