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Payne v. Commonwealth
Citation(s): 233 Va. 460 (357 S.E.2d 500)
Case Name: Payne v. Commonwealth
Court: Supreme Court of Va.
Record Number: 860788
Date of Decision: June 12, 1987
Appealed From: Appeal from judgment of Powhatan County Circuit Court
 Warren (Thomas V.), J.
Outcome: Aff.
Opinion(s): Compton, J.
Briefs: 1. Opening brief of appellant (Payne; brief by Morchower) [(vii), 45].
2. Brief of appellant (Payne; brief on Mikula on ineffectiveness of counsel) [iv, 20].
3. Brief on behalf of the Commonwealth (responding to Morchower brief) [(viii), 58].
4. Brief on behalf of the Commonwealth (responding to Mikula brief) [(iii), 12].
5. Joint appendix: Vol. I [(iii), 408].
6. Joint appendix: Vol. II [(iii), 409-767].
Notes:
Cert. denied by U.S. Supreme Court, see 484 U.S. 933 (1987); petition for rehearing denied, see 484 U.S. 1021 (1988); subsequent denial of cert., see 506 U.S. 1062 (1993).--For federal habeas corpus proceedings, see Payne v. Thompson, 853 F.Supp. 932 (E.D. Va. 1994); aff., Payne v. Netherland, 94 F.3d 642 (4th Cir. 1996); cert. denied, 519 U.S. 977 (1996).