Five lower court judges were elevated to Circuit Courts in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Hampton and Portsmouth. Lawmakers also selected nine lawyers to fill vacancies in General District and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts around the region.
The Commonwealth has asked a judge to dismiss a motion filed by Rand Hooper to reduce his 6 year sentence for leaving his friend to die in the Rappahannock River after crashing his family's boat.
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Two Convicted in King William County Murder of 8-year-old Boy
A King William County grand jury concluded a week-long trial with handing up verdicts of guilty for two men in the January 2019 murder of an 8-year-old boy. Charles E. Coleman III of King William, Va, and Keith E. Hargrove of Richmond, Va. were both convicted of 1st degree murder; use of a firearm in the commission of felony; armed burglary of a residence with a gun; entering a dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit murder, rape, robbery or arson; and malicious shooting at an occupied dwelling. The jury returned late Friday (May 28, 2021) with recommendations of two life sentences plus 49 years for each man. The jury began Monday, May 24, with King William County Commonwealth’s Attorney Matthew R. Kite and Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Tiffany Webb presenting the case.