Supreme Court of Virginia· 11/27/1985

Roberts v. Commonwealth

Citations

337 S.E.2d 255
230 Va. 264
1985 Va. LEXIS 278

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holding that witness proved adverse where prosecutor was “surprised by what [his own witness] said when he began testifying”
holding that witness proved adverse where prosecutor was “surprised by what [his own witness] said when he began testifying”
holding that where the trier of fact rejected the defendant’s hypothesis of innocence as unreasonable, the evidence was sufficient to support a conviction for possession of recently stolen goods
observing that authentication of transcript is required only if it is used as “substantive evidence” to prove that the witness made the statement
recognizing with approval the use by the Commonwealth’s Attorney of a preliminary hearing transcript to impeach a prosecution witness
affirming the trial court’s ruling allowing counsel to frame questions using unauthenticated transcript without offering it as substantive proof of the statements

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Judges: Carrico

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