Legal Opinion
Thomas Pope, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided July 31, 2012No. 2558102PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALSTON, Judge.
Thomas Pope, Jr. (appellant) appeals his convictions for rape and first-degree murder. He assigns a mixture of eight errors to the trial court’s judgment encapsulated as follows: 1) a Batson challenge; 2) chain of custody; 3) hearsay evidence; 4), 5), and 6) presentation of the database match probability statistic; 7) DNA certificates of analysis; and 8) a post-trial motion for a subpoena duces tecum. Finding no error in any aspect that appellant alleges, we affirm his convictions and sentence.
BACKGROUND
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, as we…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
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