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Since then, Virginia has executed more than 1,300 people, the most of any other state. [3] In the modern, post-Gregg era, Virginia conducted 113 executions, the third most in the country, behind only Texas and Oklahoma. [4] The last execution in the state was on July 6, 2017, when William Morva was executed via lethal injection for murder. [5]
This is a list of people executed in Virginia after 1976. The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia, issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States. Capital punishment in Virginia was abolished by the Virginia General Assembly in 2021. [1] [2]
Virginia (Campbell County) August 27, 1987 (plea) [206] Grand larceny 4-year suspended prison sentence, 5 years probation, 1,000 hours community service, $15,000 restitution to Jostens. Re-sentenced in 1992 to three years imprisonment. Two more grand larceny charges were dropped as part of his plea.
The classification of larceny as grand or petit larceny originated in an English statute passed in 1275 (grand is a French word meaning "large" while petit is a French word meaning "small"). Both were felonies, but the punishment for grand larceny was death while the punishment for petit larceny was forfeiture of property to the Crown and whipping.
The Supreme Court of Virginia held that labor and services and the unauthorized use of the University's computer cannot be construed to be subject of larceny. The Court reasoned that labor or services cannot be the subject of the crime of larceny because neither time nor services may be taken or carried away, and that the unauthorized use of the computer could not be the subject of larceny ...
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State Horse theft (Grand Larceny) Theodore Velenquez [23] Hispanic Unknown 30 January 1852 California State Forgery: Ray White Unknown 6 March 1840 South Carolina State Counterfeiting: Thomas Davis [24] White 60 11 October 1822 Alabama State Bestiality: Joseph Ross [25] [Note 3] [26] White Unknown 1785 Pennsylvania: State Concealing the birth ...
Grand theft, also called grand larceny, is a term used throughout the United States designating theft that is large in magnitude or serious in potential penological consequences. Grand theft is contrasted with petty theft , also called petit theft , that is of smaller magnitude or lesser seriousness.