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    Dalton Wayne Holbrook Sentenced to 55 Years in Prison in 2020 VA Murder of John Albert Menna

    Death penalty stands in Moneta capital murder case


    BEDFORD — The case an Indiana man indicted last month on upgraded capital murder and robbery charges from the death of 72-year-old Moneta man over the summer will likely not go to trial until late next year, attorneys said Friday.

    Dalton Wayne Holbrook, 23, was arrested June 6 after investigation into the death of John Albert Menna, who was found dead two days prior in his home on the 6000 block of White House Road, according to a news release from law enforcement at the time.

    Officers were searching for Menna’s car and warned that Holbrook, the suspect likely driving it, was considered armed and dangerous, the release stated.

    Holbrook was found in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and initially charged with second-degree murder and grand larceny of a car.

    A grand jury indicted Holbrook on charges of capital murder — punishable by a sentence of life in prison or the death penalty, if convicted — in Bedford Circuit Court on Nov. 4. His initial charges were dropped days later.

    As allowed under Virginia law, he has two defense attorneys working for him as a capital defense team: Aaron Houchens and Anthony Anderson.

    Holbrook appeared in court Friday for a hearing on his attorneys’ motion to declare Virginia’s death penalty unconstitutional, a legal move that typically comes into play at the appeal level and isn’t the first of its kind to be filed in a Bedford County capital murder case.

    Bedford Circuit Court Judge James Updike denied the motion, citing previous rulings of the Virginia Supreme Court upholding Virginia’s death penalty laws.

    Early this month, Holbrook’s attorneys secured him appointment of a mental health expert, criminal investigator and mitigation specialist, who researches a defendant’s history and presents that evidence to the court.

    He previously was scheduled for a March jury trial, but Houchens said Friday trial probably wouldn’t happen until the end of the year at the earliest.

    He added Holbrook’s defense team will have numerous other legal matters that will be heard in the meantime.

    Bedford County Commonwealth’s Attorney Wes Nance said evidence and forensic evaluations in the case are still being processed at state labs.

    Holbrook is being held at the Lynchburg Adult Detention Center without bond.

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    Death penalty stands in Moneta capital murder case

    By Rachel Mahoney
    smithmountainlake.com

    The case an Indiana man indicted last month on upgraded capital murder and robbery charges from the death of 72-year-old Moneta man over the summer will likely not go to trial until late next year, attorneys said Dec. 18.

    Dalton Wayne Holbrook, 23, was arrested June 6 after investigation into the death of John Albert Menna, who was found dead two days prior in his home on the 6000 block of White House Road, according to a news release from law enforcement at the time.

    Officers were searching for Menna’s car and warned that Holbrook, the suspect likely driving it, was considered armed and dangerous, the release stated.

    Holbrook was found in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and initially charged with second-degree murder and grand larceny of a car.

    A grand jury indicted Holbrook on charges of capital murder — punishable by a sentence of life in prison or the death penalty, if convicted — in Bedford Circuit Court on Nov. 4. His initial charges were dropped days later.

    As allowed under Virginia law, he has two defense attorneys working for him as a capital defense team: Aaron Houchens and Anthony Anderson.

    Holbrook appeared in court Friday for a hearing on his attorneys’ motion to declare Virginia’s death penalty unconstitutional, a legal move that typically comes into play at the appeal level and isn’t the first of its kind to be filed in a Bedford County capital murder case.

    Bedford Circuit Court Judge James Updike denied the motion, citing previous rulings of the Virginia Supreme Court upholding Virginia’s death penalty laws.

    Early this month, Holbrook’s attorneys secured him appointment of a mental health expert, criminal investigator and mitigation specialist, who researches a defendant’s history and presents that evidence to the court.

    He previously was scheduled for a March jury trial, but Houchens said Dec. 18 trial probably wouldn’t happen until the end of the year at the earliest.

    He added Holbrook’s defense team will have numerous other legal matters that will be heard in the meantime.

    Bedford County Commonwealth’s Attorney Wes Nance said evidence and forensic evaluations in the case are still being processed at state labs.

    Holbrook is being held at the Lynchburg Adult Detention Center without bond.

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    Man to serve 55 years in connection with 2020 Bedford County homicide

    By Samantha Smith
    WSLS News

    BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. – A man has been sentenced to serve 55 years in connection with a Bedford County homicide that happened in 2020.

    Dalton Holbrook was sentenced on Tuesday in Bedford Circuit Court to 99 years with 44 years suspended.

    Holbrook was originally charged with capital murder, which was amended to aggravated murder: robbery. He pleaded guilty.

    In June of 2020, deputies said Holbrook stole the car of a man that was found dead in his Bedford County home.

    https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022...unty-homicide/
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    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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