ORNDORFF v. COM.

Record No. 051478.

628 S.E.2d 344 (2006)

271 Va. 486

Janice Larue ORNDORFF v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry W. Asbill (William B. Moffitt; Kerri L. Ruttenberg, on briefs), for appellant.

Eugene Murphy, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Judith Williams Jagdmann, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

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


KEENAN, Justice.

In this appeal, we decide whether a circuit court erred in refusing to grant a defendant's motion for a new trial based on after-discovered evidence of a mental disorder that allegedly would support an insanity defense.

Janice Larue Orndorff (Orndorff) was indicted by a grand jury in Prince William County for crimes involving the death of her husband, Goering G. Orndorff (Goering). In a jury trial...

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