Supreme Court of Virginia· 6/7/2002

Bell v. Commonwealth

Citations

563 S.E.2d 695
264 Va. 172
2002 Va. LEXIS 78

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finding that failure to object to the circuit court’s use of leading questions to rehabilitate a juror waived the issue
advising that appellate courts should avoid the “unnecessary adjudication of a constitutional issue”
failure to object to trial court’s use of leading questions to rehabilitate a juror waived the issue for appeal
“A fundamental and longstanding precept of this doctrine [best and narrowest grounds] is that ‘unnecessary adjudication of a constitutional issue’ should be avoided.”
defendant had no standing to challenge the search of a car he did not own and was not authorized to have in his possession at the time of the search
“Bell contends that the admission of evidence regarding unad-judicated criminal conduct during the penalty phase of his trial violated his [constitutional rights] Bell presents no compelling reason why we should depart from our prior rulings [decided adversely to Bell’s position].”

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Judges: Cynthia D. Kinser

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