Legal Opinion
Crawford v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided December 29, 2009No. 1194072PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*462UPON REHEARING EN BANC
ROBERT J. HUMPHREYS, Judge.
BACKGROUND1
On Thursday, November 18, 2004, John and Irene Powers (“the Powers”) had dinner with their thirty-three-year-old daughter, Sarah Crawford (“Sarah”) at a local restaurant in Manassas, Virginia. When they left the restaurant that night at about 8:30 pm, it would be the last time that they would see their daughter alive. Twelve hours later Sarah would be dead, and her husband, the appellant, Anthony Dale Crawford (“Crawford”) would be wanted for her murder.
The Powers had a “very close” relationship with their daughter and saw her…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Marks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. McKelton (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court · 2016
- Crawford v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2011
- Benjamine Leonard Foley, II v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2014
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2012
- Robert Chianelli, Sr. v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2015
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