Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. McMillian

Chesapeake County Circuit Court

Decided August 28, 2008No. Case Nos. CR07-2291; CR07-2292; CR07-2310Published

1Opinion of the Court

BY JUDGE V. THOMAS FOREHAND, JR.

This matter is before the Court on defendant’s Motion to Exclude Evidence of Other Crimes and Motion to Sever filed on July 21,2008, at 2:14 p.m., and on the Commonwealth’s Motion to Introduce “Other Crimes” Evidence filed at 2:37 p.m. on the same day. On August 11, 2008, the Court heard oral arguments of counsel and a proffer by the Commonwealth of the alleged evidence in the three instant charged offenses and of the proposed “other crimes” evidence the Commonwealth seeks to introduce at trial.

The defendant is charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Spencer v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1990
  2. Kirkpatrick v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1970
  3. Guill v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1998
  4. Fairfax County School Board v. RoseCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1999
  5. Rose v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2005

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