Aug 1, 1986 · The prisoner, Michael Marnell Smith, a 40-year-old father of three children, had been convicted of raping, strangling, drowning and stabbing a divorced mother of two while …

Michael Marnell Smith was convicted of the murder of Audrey Weiler along the Colonial Parkway in May, 1977. Smith was the first defendant to be condemned under Virginia's then recently …

Jan 6, 2022 · ″Father, I am here,″ Michael Marnell Smith said just before the first of two 55-second jolts of current ran through his body Thursday night, a half hour after the U.S. Supreme …

Aug 1, 1986 · Condemned murderer and rapist Michael Marnell Smith, 40, who spent more than eight years on Death Row, was executed in the electric chair at the Virginia State Penitentiary …

Michael Marnell Smith was convicted by a jury in James City County, Virginia on November 2, 1977 for the capital murder and rape of a young woman. On the following day, November 3, …

Apr 1, 2021 · His first death row client was Michael Marnell Smith, who was convicted in 1977 in a rape-murder case from earlier that year. Bonnie filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Law …

During the examination, the psychiatrist asked petitioner both about the murder and prior incidents of deviant sexual conduct, and petitioner stated that he once tore the clothes off a girl on a …

RICHMOND, July 30, 1986 -- Virginia Gov. Gerald L. Baliles today refused to commute the death sentence of Michael Marnell Smith, scheduled to die Thursday night in the state's electric chair …

Oct 7, 1978 · Michael Marnell Smith v. Commonwealth of Virginia (219 Va. 455, 1978) is a landmark case adjudicated by the Supreme Court of Virginia. The appellant, Michael Marnell …

On November 2, 1977, Michael Marnell Smith was convicted by a jury of capital murder following rape. Code || 18.2-10(a) and 31(e) (Cum. Supp. 1977).