Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Proffitt
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 27, 2016No. Record 151514PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY JUSTICE WILLIAM C. MIMS
**631 In this appeal, we consider whether the circuit court abused its discretion by excluding the testimony of two witnesses in a trial under the Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act ("SVPA"), Code §§ 37.2-900 et seq.
I. BACKGROUND AND MATERIAL PROCEEDINGS BELOW
On August 12, 2014, the Commonwealth initiated proceedings under the SVPA to involuntarily commit Brady Arnold Proffitt, Jr. as a sexually violent predator. The matter proceeded to a jury trial, where the Commonwealth introduced into evidence an order convicting Proffitt of rape in…
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