Supreme Court of Virginia, 1983

The court affirmed Coleman’s capital-murder conviction and death sentence, concluding that the trial court committed no reversible error and that the evidence was sufficient. It upheld the denial of a venue change, admission of Coleman’s statements, photographs, and body-search evidence, the challenged…

The court affirmed LeVasseur's capital-murder conviction and death sentence after rejecting challenges to jury selection, the exclusion of mental-history and drug-effect evidence, the refusal to instruct on second-degree murder, and the capital-sentencing procedure.