Supreme Court of Virginia September 13, 2002, Record No. 020314 (Emmett v. Commonwealth)

JUSTICE KOONTZ

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In a bifurcated trial conducted pursuant to Code § 19.2-264.3, a jury convicted Christopher Scott Emmett of the capital murder of John Fenton Langley in the commission of robbery, Code § 18.2-31(4), and fixed Emmett’s punishment at death. The trial court imposed the death sentence in accordance with the jury’s verdict. Code § 17.