Supreme Court of Virginia September 15, 2000, Record 992894 (Akers v. Commonwealth)

Present: All the Justices

THOMAS WAYNE AKERS

OPINION BY

v. Record No. 992894 JUSTICE LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR.

September 15, 2000

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY

William N. Alexander, II, Judge

Thomas Wayne Akers received a death sentence upon a plea of

guilty to a charge of capital murder during the commission of a

robbery, Code § 18.