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Ferguson v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 212 Va. 745
  • 187 S.E.2d 189
  • 1972 Va. LEXIS 251

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a video “which is verified by the testimony of a witness as fairly representing what that witness has observed is admissible in evidence”
  • discussing a composite photograph produced by a Regiscope camera “showing the person who presents the check, the identification presented by that person and the check which is cashed”
  • noting the Court’s long-established recognition of this theory of admissibility
  • adopting the “independent silent witness” theory of admissibility
  • adopting the “independent silent witness” theory of admissibility
  • armed robbery photographed by hidden camera

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Snead, Carrico, Gordon, Harrison, Cochran, Harman

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