Legal Opinion

Bass v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided January 27, 2000No. 2554981PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Kawaski Bass appeals from his convictions of robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He contends on appeal 1) that the trial court erred in admitting statements of his two codefendants as evidence in the guilt phase of the prosecution, and 2) that without those statements the evidence offered against him at trial was insufficient to sustain his convictions. We agree that the statements of Bass’ codefendants should not have been admitted against him at trial, but we find that the admission of his codefendants’ statements was harmless error. We therefore…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Idaho v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1990

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3Cited by28 opinions

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  5. Bynum v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2011

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