Legal Opinion
Gilman v. Com.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided February 29, 2008No. Record 071364PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY Justice BARBARA MILANO KEENAN.
In this appeal, we consider a circuit court's adjudication of a petty contempt conviction appealed from a juvenile and domestic relations district court. The issue we determine is whether the contemnor had a Sixth Amendment right of confrontation that was violated When the circuit court admitted in evidence, under Code § 18.2-459, the certificate of the district court judge reciting the factual circumstances underlying the contempt adjudication.
The facts of this case are not in dispute. In 2004, the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court of…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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