Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Swann (ORDER)
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided August 28, 2015No. Record 141387PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion *266 **194 A jury convicted Storme Gary Swann of abduction, robbery and statutory burglary. The Court of Appeals reversed the convictions based on Swann's claim that his rights under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution were violated. On the Commonwealth's appeal, we affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals in reversing Swann's convictions, but on narrower, non-constitutional grounds.
I. RELEVANT FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
The two female victims in this case were in a hotel room in Arlington County when an unknown man forced his way into their…
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