THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, December 14, 1995 TAG: 9512140406
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: RICHMOND LENGTH: Short : 24 lines
The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution Wednesday to Coleman Wayne Gray, who was to be put to death tonight for robbing and murdering a Suffolk store manager.
The court also set a Jan. 5 conference to decide whether to hear Gray's appeal, said Don Harrison, a spokesman for the state attorney general's office.
Gray was convicted in Suffolk Circuit Court of the 1985 robbery and murder of a store manager who had recently fired Gray's wife. Gray shot Richard McClelland six times in the head and set his car on fire.
KEYWORDS: MURDER DEATH ROW CAPITAL PUNISHMENT VIRGINIA by CNB