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· 10/14/1997

Canipe v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 491 S.E.2d 747
  • 25 Va. App. 629
  • 1997 Va. App. LEXIS 641

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that whether a killing was done in the heat of passion upon reasonable provocation is a question of fact
  • holding that the defendant’s decision to keep driving after hitting the victim supported the conclusion that he had hit the victim deliberately
  • finding malice even though the victim approached the front of the defendant’s vehicle on his own accord
  • relying in part on evidence that accused falsely reported details of offense to police in effort to portray victim as aggressor

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Judges: Elder, Fitzpatrick, Annunziata

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