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· 11/3/2000

Lovitt v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 537 S.E.2d 866
  • 260 Va. 497
  • 2000 Va. LEXIS 149

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that Va.Code section 19.2-264.2 would have to be rewritten to limit consideration to “prison society” when a defendant is ineligible for parole
  • same, where DNA was recovered from a pair of scissors identified as the murder weapon that was found in the woods near the killing
  • \Flight by a defendant after the commission of a crime is probative evidence of guilt of that crime.\

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Judges: Keenan

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