Com. v. Wynn

OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

In this appeal, the Commonwealth challenges two evidentiary rulings by the circuit court during a trial under the Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act (the SVPA), Code §§ 37.2-900 through -920. Because the circuit court did not err by refusing to admit hearsay testimony concerning unadjudicated allegations of sexual misconduct and by admitting only a few pages of a mental health expert witness' written report, we will affirm the circuit court's judgment.

I. MATERIAL FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

The Commonwealth filed a petition in the circuit court…