I only played it for 20 min. So it is not much to go by but so far I am not impressed. I will end up playing it more later but I have been hooked on Team Fortress lately. Well I will give it another go tonight and see how it goes. I have not been creeped out yet. That is the goal. I will fill you in. I would say this series in general is not a keeper, but I have it and have kept it for the creep factor. I hope it improves. I think it will.

I finally gat to start to play Condemned 2. I just picked it up today and have to work to 6. After that I have a few things to take care of and will not be able to play til about 11. Thats ok though. I would rather play it late so I can be freaked out. I have been playing Team Fortress also and have been having a great time. All the characters are fun to use. I usually dont play the sniper in any game because I am terrible at it but had a good time using him last night. The spy I did not like till I gave it more of a chance. Now I really like to play all classes. It is nice to use different ones for different situations. Anyway I am ready to beat some psycos down.

This is one of the coolest games. I just played it for the first time the other day. It is so much fun being able to change characters and have different abilities. It really adds a lot to the team work that you can and need to do in different situations. If you have the Orange Box you have got to check this out. I have had a great time playing it.

So I played these last night. Arm of Two is cool but I dont think it is a buy unless it in the discount bin. Borrow it from a friend or something. I tell you what though, the game looks great. The cut scenes are really nice and the people look incredible. You know how on game cut scenes and the people look a little wackt up. This is insane looking, very impressive. There are lots of cool aspects of this game that to me just dont cut it. I will do a little review on it if you want more of my opinion since gamespot is so lame they have to see what everybody else says about it first. Next Halo3 we did the cortona level on legendary and I was the weakest link for sure. It seemed like I got my *** kick more than everybody at least at first. I got it straight after a while. I was killing it on my own. The split screen is funky for me and the screen was real dark. it was a projection dlp and I was on the far side so it was a little laded. Anyway thats my excuse, there is always a excuse but whatever. Have a good day, may the force be with you. I dont mean star wars either.

This lady called in sick so I have to stay. Bummer. Then her son called and asked if she was at work. Busted. I dont care, it is really funny. Her son busts her, come on thats weak. Anyway I will get off work a little early so I can go beat Halo 3 on legendary. You actually can beat it, I think, solo on ledendary. Whatever I just cant wait to get home. 5 days til slaughter time. Condemned 2.

Since the Hd has lost the battle against blur ray I had some flicks I could return for store credit. It was such a pain in the butt. The cat that managed circuit city told me he could not exchange it because he did not know if it came from circuit city. Well it had a circuit city tag on it. Go figure. So I was not really in the right according to their return policy. The dvds were unopened and one of the three had a tag on it. Anyway the end result was I got credit for 2 of them and that gives me just about enough to get a game. Since that one is one of the maybe games for me, even though it will be killer, I am going to pick it up. I have to use the credit but will also never shop at circuit city again after that. Vegas 2 is going to be in my collection unless I decide something else would be better. The only ones that I have not already reserved are Dark Space, GOW2, Alone in the Dark, and they are far off. For now that is the deal. Is there something else I should get? Condemned 2 and Dark Sector are already paid for so anything else?

Um Army of Two release day, TODAY. Can I get some info? I have seen limited to 0 ratings so far and want to get some kind of scoop. Is everybody trying to decide what to think or what? Reviewers get with it please.

I am having a hard time waiting for Condemned 2 to come out. It is killing me. So I just found out that Army of Two comes out tomorrow. I have not been paying attention to it so to hear it comes out tomorrow really got me pumped. I decided not to get this game because it doesn't seem to great. I have seen some more videos and it looks like it might be fun. I dont think it will get a 9.0 but a 8.7 - 8.9 would catch my attention. So I am looking foward to some reviews and maybe I will pick it up. I have cut up all but one of my credit cards to get my act together so I can buy another house or duplex. I want to get my future set up better. So Back to the games. I think the hype of Army of Two will keep my mind off Condemned 2 for a bit so I might be able to relax some. I cant wait to turn the lights out crank up the volume and get into a nightmare that will make me want to hide in a corner underneath some blankets. Army of Two, tomorrow, Condemned 2 a week later.

So since it is a new trend the days I though you may want to know that there is a movie that depicts it long before the trend. To me this stuff is a way people want to let everybody know how sad, mad, and "hardcore" they are.

I remember having plans to do something similar when I was in school. My head was messed up then. I am sure these kids are sick mentally. No doubt. It is the same as serial killers, they want attention. They want to be famous, important, heard, shocking, whatever. Or a huge cry of the help the wanted. Now it is not a effort to be noticed but there is some sick competition involved whether it is subconscious or not.

The situations seem to get worse and the notes left behind, or videos will give insight to intentions. The VT killer, come on, a video tape letting us know how crazy bad *** he thought he was. Whatever he is a dumb ****. So then you have the media pasting it all over the place. Get a * ing clue. This is what they want. They want to be heard by the world, they want everybody to feel the pain and anger, your feeding into the importance they think they deserve and grant their wishes by showing it to the world.

How often do you hear stories of serial killers being glorified on tv? Not that much. It gives them what they want if you do that. They still happen. These kids doing all of this junk nowadays get front page and all the publicity they want. Then some other **** face wants to achieve the same thing because he or she can relate to the anger.

Anyway check out the old school a movie called "IF" the new kids are nothing special. They are chumps. There are other ways to deal with your problems. Write a story, make a film, do a piece of art. Dont be a weak follower of some other clown. Be a man deal with it. If you cant handle it get help.

http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=391

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA





Present: Judge Annunziata, Senior Judge Duff and Judge Clements?

Argued at Alexandria, Virginia





DOMICA CHANTEL WINCKLER

OPINION BY

v. Record No. 1177-99-2 JUDGE ROSEMARIE ANNUNZIATA

JULY 18, 2000

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA





FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY

Herbert C. Gill, Jr., Judge



D. Gregory Carr (Bowen, Bryant, Champlin &

Carr, on briefs), for appellant.



Robert H. Anderson, III, Assistant Attorney

General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General,

on brief), for appellee.







Domica Winckler appeals from her conviction of capital

murder, arising from the July 27, 1997 robbery and murder of

Stacy Hanna. Winckler contends 1) the trial court erred in

refusing to instruct the jury that to support a conviction for

capital murder, robbery must have been a motivating factor in

the killing of Hanna; and 2) the Commonwealth offered

insufficient evidence to prove capital murder under the theory

of "murder committed in the commission of robbery." We find no

error and affirm.

FACTS

We review the evidence pertinent to a defendant's

challenged jury instruction in the light most favorable to the

defendant. See Martin v. Commonwealth, 13 Va. App. 524, 526,

414 S.E.2d 401, 401 (1992) (en banc). On July 4, 1997, Stacy

Hanna came to the City of Richmond from Lynchburg and moved into

an apartment on Belmont Avenue, which she shared with Dana

Vaughn, Robin Thurkill, Kelly Tibbs, and occasionally Tracy

Bitner. Winckler lived nearby and was part of the social circle

that included Hanna and her apartment mates. These women were

all lesbians. Bitner and Tibbs previously had been romantically

involved but had ended the relationship prior to Hanna's arrival

in Richmond. Soon after Hanna moved into the Belmont Avenue

apartment, she developed a romantic attachment to Tibbs, but

Hanna "ended up liking [Tibbs] more than [Tibbs] liked [Hanna]."

On July 24, 1997, Tibbs and Winckler had a violent altercation

with Hanna, because Tibbs believed Hanna had lied about a

romantic relationship between Tibbs and another individual.

On the afternoon of Saturday, July 26, 1997, Vaughn, Hanna,

and Tibbs met in the Belmont Avenue apartment with Bitner,

Winckler, and Stephanie Cull, another member of Hanna's circle

of friends. Winckler, Tibbs, Bitner, and Cull left in Cull's

car to pick up Thurkill from her job at a local restaurant. On

the way to pick up Thurkill, the women began to complain about

Hanna's recent fabrications concerning Tibbs, and they agreed

that "they were going to kick [Hanna's] butt, teach her a lesson

for lying." Later in the evening, these women, along with Hanna

and Vaughn, attended a party at a friend's home, during which

Vaughn fell ill. The group left the party in Cull's car. Cull

drove the vehicle, while Tibbs and Bitner rode in the front

seat; Hanna, Vaughn, and Winckler rode in the back. They

proceeded to Marsh Field in Chesterfield County and parked next

to a small building. There, all the women exited the car except

for Hanna and Vaughn, who continued to feel ill. Tibbs

eventually returned to the car and remained with Vaughn while

Hanna joined the others, who were standing just a few feet in

front of the vehicle. The women had decided to give Hanna a

"butt kicking" for lying about Tibbs.

Soon after Hanna exited the vehicle and joined Winckler,

Bitner, and Cull, Tibbs also rejoined the group, leaving Vaughn

alone in the car. The women walked to the other side of the

small building, where Tibbs and Winckler began to hit and kick

Hanna. Bitner also joined in the assault. Bitner, Winckler,

and Tibbs began to cut Hanna with razor-bladed box cutters.

Within minutes, Vaughn observed Hanna's back covered with blood.

Vaughn also saw Winckler strike Hanna with a belt and then throw

a cinder block on Hanna as she lay on the ground. The assault

lasted approximately ten minutes, after which Tibbs, Bitner,

Cull, and Winckler returned to the car and drove a "couple [of]

miles" away, leaving Hanna at Marsh Field. When the women

became concerned that Hanna would report the assault, they

returned to Marsh Field. They concluded it was necessary to

kill and "get rid of" Hanna.

Upon returning to Marsh Field, Cull told the other women to

put Hanna in the trunk of the car because Hanna "was going to

get blood everywhere." Winckler and Tibbs did so despite

Hanna's pleas to be allowed to ride in the passenger

compartment. The women drove away from the scene for a second

time, with Hanna striking the interior of the trunk with her

hands. In response to Hanna's banging on the trunk, Cull

stopped the car; Winckler got out and opened the trunk. Hanna

asked to be taken to a telephone so she could call her mother;

Winckler said "no," shut the trunk and got back in the car.

The women continued driving and discussed whether they

should take Hanna to a hospital. Winckler and Bitner opposed

doing so, fearing Hanna would report their actions. Bitner

stated that Hanna's "tongue needed to be cut out" so she could

not report them; Winckler stated that Hanna's "fingers need[ed]

to be cut off" so she could not make a written report. Cull

stopped the car along an unidentified back road. All the women

except Vaughn got out and opened the trunk for a second time.



By this time, Hanna was "bleeding really bad." Winckler

demanded Hanna's rings and watch. Hanna refused at first but

finally complied, asking that she be allowed to keep one ring.

Winckler refused. During this stop, Cull cut Hanna on the leg

with a box cutter and at least one of the women spat on her.

After they sealed Hanna in the trunk again, they drove on.

The group finally arrived at Nash Road, where they got

Hanna out of the trunk and walked her down the deserted road.

Cull cut Hanna on the back with a box cutter, and Hanna fell to

the ground. Bitner, Tibbs, and Winckler dragged her

approximately 100 yards further and there stopped to remove

Hanna's clothes, which belonged to Tibbs. Winckler stabbed

Hanna in the chest with a box cutter and held her in the mud

while Bitner slit Hanna's throat with another box cutter.

Winckler and Bitner returned to the car, Tibbs remaining with

Hanna for a few more minutes. Once back at the car, Bitner

boasted that she had cut Hanna's throat, stuffed mud in her

mouth, and stabbed Hanna "near the heart saying I want your

heart **** give me your heart, why won't you die." Winckler

admitted she stabbed Hanna "over and over again" as well, and

Tibbs said she had "stuck a stick" in Hanna's chest. Once the

women returned to the car, they left the scene. As they drove

away, Winckler announced that if any of them reported what had



just happened, "the same thing could happen to them." The women

disposed of Hanna's blood-stained clothes and other evidence in

a trash receptacle near Matchpoint Apartments, then returned to

the Belmont Avenue apartment and cleaned themselves. Tibbs

later told Vaughn that one of them had carved the word "liar" in

Hanna's back.

On Sunday, July 27, 1997, City of Richmond and Chesterfield

County police officers went to the Belmont Avenue apartment to

investigate and later took the women to the Richmond police

department for questioning. Chesterfield County Detective Rick

Mormando interviewed Winckler and taped her statement. During

the interview, Mormando recovered Hanna's watch from Winckler's

wrist, and Winckler admitted taking it from Hanna while Hanna

was in the trunk of Cull's car. Winckler told Mormando that

when she and the other women had opened the trunk for the second

time on the previous night, she told Hanna, whom she described

as "scared sh--less," to "give me your watch, [and] give me your

rings." When asked why she took the watch, Winckler replied, "I

don't know. I just liked it." She stated that Hanna was

physically incapable of resisting when Winckler demanded the

watch and rings. She further stated that Hanna only surrendered

the watch and rings because "she was scared sh--less that [I



was] going to do something else to her." Winckler told Mormando

that she and the other women had already decided to kill Hanna

when they drove to Nash Road. She also confessed that she

stabbed Hanna in the chest and "tried to push her face in the

mud . . . to suffocate her . . . ."