Court sets July execution date for Virginia death row inmate
Source: Associated Press
Updated 3:32 pm, Tuesday, May 9, 2017
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia inmate convicted of killing two people during an escape in 2006 is scheduled to be executed July 6.
A circuit court in Virginia's Montgomery County on Tuesday granted the state's request for that execution date for 35-year-old William Morva.
Morva was in jail, awaiting trial, when he overpowered a deputy sheriff during a trip to the hospital. Authorities say he used the deputy's pistol to fatally shoot an unarmed security guard and killed another deputy during a manhunt the next day.
Morva's attorneys say the man was acting under the influence of "delusions" during the crimes.
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