Legal Opinion
Clay v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 8, 2001No. Record 002112PublishedCited by 193 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE STEPHENSON
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this appeal, we determine whether the trial court committed reversible error in (1) allowing certain evidence under the state-of-mind exception to the hearsay rule and (2) excluding certain testimony of a deputy sheriff.
I
Robert Lewis Clay was indicted in the Circuit Court of Halifax County for the first-degree murder of his wife, Joy Clay, in violation of Code § 18.2-32, and for using a firearm in the commission of murder, in violation of Code § 18.2-53.1. A jury found Clay guilty of second-degree murder and fixed his punishment…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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- United States v. Roland W. BrownCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Karnes v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919
- Boggs v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1957
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