Clark v. Commonwealth

In this criminal appeal, the sole question is whether a hearsay statement uttered by the victim of a homicide properly was admitted in evidence at trial.

In 1985, appellant Steven Lee Clark was sentenced by the Circuit Court of Frederick County to life imprisonment for first-degree murder, ten years for conspiracy to commit robbery, ten years for attempted robbery, and two years for use of a firearm in the commission of murder. The defendant previously had been found guilty by a jury of those charges.

Subsequently, the Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions. Clark v. Commonwealth, 3 Va. App.…