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· 2/13/1996

Livingston v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 466 S.E.2d 757
  • 21 Va. App. 621
  • 1996 Va. App. LEXIS 97

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding spousal privilege, applicable by statute only “in criminal eases,” did not apply during pretrial investigation by the police
  • “[A]lthough the Commonwealth’s attorney referred to a fact not in evidence during closing argument, the trial judge immediately issued a broad cautionary instruction.”

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Judges: Fitzpatrick

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