· 4/20/1979
Sadoski v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 254 S.E.2d 100
- 219 Va. 1069
- 1979 Va. LEXIS 213
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “We have held that the number and nature, but not the details, of the felony convictions of a witness other than the accused may be shown to the triers of fact.”
- “[T]he Commonwealth may ask a defendant who testifies in a criminal proceeding the number of times he has been convicted of a felony, but, consistent with our ruling in Harmon, not the names of the felonies, other than perjury, and not the nature or details thereof.”
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Judges: Cochran
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