Legal Opinion
Hood v. Com.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 3, 2005No. Record 040774PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LACY, Justice.
Stephen James Hood was convicted of first-degree murder as a principal in the second degree. Hood asks this Court to reverse his conviction, asserting that the trial *914 court erred in allowing the Commonwealth to use statements Hood made in a proffer submitted to the government in the course of plea negotiations. The proffer agreement provided that the proffered statements could be used against Hood if he offered testimony or presented evidence that was different from any statement or information provided in the proffer. We conclude that because Hood's evidence at trial was…
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