Supreme Court of Virginia November 1, 2002, Record 992913 (Hedrick v. Warden of Sussex I State Prison)

Present: All the Justices

BRANDON WAYNE HEDRICK

OPINION BY JUSTICE LEROY R. HASSELL, SR.

v. Record No. 992913 November 1, 2002

WARDEN OF THE SUSSEX I

STATE PRISON

UPON A PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

I.

Petitioner, Brandon Wayne Hedrick, was convicted of the

capital murder of Lisa Yvonne Alexander Crider in the

commission of robbery, forcible sodomy, and rape in violation

of Code § 18.