Opinion

Muhammad v. Com.

  • 619 S.E.2d 16
Court
Supreme Court of Virginia
Filed
Apr 22, 2005
Status
Published
Author
Kinser
On the bench
Kinser
Cited by
141 cases

holding that the appellant’s conviction for capital murder was proper under either of two theories because the evidence supported determinations that he acted as both a principal in the first degree and a principal in the second degree

How later courts described this case

  • holding that the appellant’s conviction for capital murder was proper under either of two theories because the evidence supported determinations that he acted as both a principal in the first degree and a principal in the second degree
  • holding that an unsignaled lane change on a road with “medium” traffic and executed a short distance in front of the police officer’s car justified a traffic stop
  • finding an assignment of error grounded in the Sixth Amendment waived when only a hearsay objection was made at trial
  • upholding a ruling admitting a video showing a re-creation of shootings that occurred from the trunk of a car

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Justice KINSER, concurring.

Justice AGEE, with whom Justice LACY and Justice KOONTZ join, dissenting in part and concurring in part.

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