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· 9/23/1988

MacKall v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 372 S.E.2d 759
  • 236 Va. 240
  • 5 Va. Law Rep. 670
  • 1988 Va. LEXIS 106

How courts have described this case

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  • holding no abuse of discretion where Styrofoam head with knitting needle inserted to demonstrate bullet's trajectory was admitted in capital prosecution
  • trial court need not offer instruction singling out mitigation evidence for special emphasis, or stating that a mitigating circumstance need not be proven beyond reasonable doubt
  • death sentence based on future dangerousness for conviction of capital murder while committing robbery

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Judges: Whiting

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