· 8/8/1995
Crump v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 460 S.E.2d 238
- 20 Va. App. 609
- 12 Va. Law Rep. 40
- 1995 Va. App. LEXIS 627
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the inconsistencies in the testimony of the victim and her mother did not “render the evidence incredible as a matter of law”
- holding that the inconsistencies in the testimony of two witnesses, the victim and her mother, did not “render the evidence” supporting the conviction “incredible as a matter of law”
- holding that the inconsistencies in the testimony of two different witnesses, the victim and her mother, did not “render the evidence” supporting the conviction “incredible as a matter of law”
- drawing inference that \private parts\ in child's testimony referred to genitalia
- “[T]he child’s testimony alone, if believed by the [trier of fact], was sufficient to support [Crump’s] conviction, even in the absence of corroborating physical or testimonial evidence.” (alterations in original) (quoting Love v. Commonwealth, 18 Va. App. 84, 90 (1994))
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Judges: Moon, Benton, Elder
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