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JOHNSON v. COMMONWEALTH

Record Nos. 992525, 992526.

529 S.E.2d 769 (2000)

Shermaine A. JOHNSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea C. Long (Boone, Beale, Cosby & Long, on brief), Richmond, for appellant.

Katherine P. Baldwin, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., LACY, HASSELL, KEENAN, KOONTZ, and KINSER, JJ., and STEPHENSON, Senior Justice.

KEENAN, Justice.

In these appeals, we review the capital murder conviction and death sentence imposed on Shermaine A. Johnson, along with his conviction for rape.

I. PROCEEDINGS

On January 6, 1997, petitions were issued in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court of the City of Petersburg (juvenile court) against Johnson, charging him with the July 11, 1994 rape and capital murder of Hope Denise...

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