Legal Opinion
Jenkins v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 12, 1997No. Record 961459PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE POFF
delivered the opinion of the Court.
We awarded this appeal to consider whether the trial court’s admission of certain expert testimony introduced by the Commonwealth constituted reversible error.
A jury assembled in the Circuit Court of the County of Henrico found that “[djuring the period September, 1992 through March, 1993 . . . James Lloyd Jenkins did . . . commit aggravated sexual battery on ... a male minor child under the age of thirteen years old . . . [in violation of] Virginia Code Section 18.2-67.3”. 2 In a final judgment entered February 22, 1994, the trial judge…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Mu'Min v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Cartera v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1978
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Ward v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2002
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