Title: Merid v. Commonwealth (ORDER)

State: virginia

Issuer: Virginia Supreme Court

Document:

VIRGINIA: 
 
In the Supreme Court of Virginia held at the Supreme Court Building in the 
City of Richmond on Thursday the 1st day of July, 2021. 
 
Present:  All the Justices 
 
Endalkachew Merid,  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Appellant, 
 
 against 
 
Record No. 200799 
 
 
 
Court of Appeals No. 1145-19-4 
 
Commonwealth of Virginia, 
 
 
Appellee. 
 
Upon an appeal from a judgment 
rendered by the Court of Appeals of 
Virginia. 
 
 
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 (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. 
 
 
 
 
                A Copy, 
 
 
 
 
          
                    Teste: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Douglas B. Robelen, Clerk 
 
 
 
 
                    By: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deputy Clerk 
 
 
* The Supreme Court of the United States decided Caniglia v. Strom, 593 U.S. ___, 141 
S. Ct. 1596 (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.