MERID v. COMMONWEALTH (2021)

Supreme Court of Virginia.

Endalkachew MERID, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia, Appellee.

Record No. 200799

Decided: July 01, 2021

Present: All the Justices

In this case, we awarded Endalkachew Merid an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeals, which affirmed his convictions for first degree murder and abduction by force. See Merid v. Commonwealth, 72 Va. App. 104, 119, 841 S.E.2d 873 (2020).

We have considered the record, briefs, and arguments of counsel, and for the reasons stated in the opinion of the Court of Appeals, we will affirm the judgment.^*

This order shall be published in the Virginia Reports and certified to the Court of Appeals of Virginia and the Circuit Court of the City of Alexandria.

FOOTNOTES

FOOTNOTE. The Supreme Court of the United States decided Caniglia v. Strom, 593 U.S. ––––, 141 S. Ct. 1596, 209 L.Ed.2d 604 (2021), after the Court heard oral argument in this case. The Court finds that the judgment of the Court of Appeals is consistent with Caniglia.

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