Opinion ID: 1059329
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: constitutionality of death penalty as applied in virginia

Text: Bell asserts several reasons why the death penalty is unconstitutional as applied in Virginia. We have previously rejected his arguments: (1) future dangerousness predicate is unreliable and vague-rejected in Remington v. Commonwealth, 262 Va. 333, 355, 551 S.E.2d 620, 626 (2001), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 122 S.Ct. 1928 (2002); (2) use of unadjudicated criminal conduct violates requirement of heightened reliability-rejected in Satcher, 244 Va. at 228, 421 S.E.2d at 826; (3) unconstitutional for trial court to use pre-sentence report that contains hearsay evidence-rejected in Cherrix, 257 Va. at 299, 513 S.E.2d at 647; and (4) Virginia's appellate review of death penalty cases violates the Eighth Amendment and the Due Process Clause-rejected in Lenz, 261 Va. at 459, 544 S.E.2d at 304. Bell has provided no compelling reason why we should depart from these precedents.