Legal Opinion

Terry Roger Skipper, etc. v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided November 12, 1996No. 0667954PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Page County, appellant, Terry Roger Skipper, Jr., was convicted of forcible rape and forcible sodomy. Appellant was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment on each charge, and the trial court suspended ten years of the sodomy sentence. We awarded appellant an appeal limited to the question “whether the trial court erred by limiting voir dire of the jurors so as to deny appellant a fair trial.” Finding no error, we affirm.

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Appellant was charged with the forcible rape and forcible sodomy of a sixteen-year-old female. On the morning…

2Cases cited12 opinions

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  2. J. E. B. v. Alabama ex rel. T. B.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
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  4. Holland v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. LeVasseur v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983

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