Commonwealth v. Lamb

By Judge Richard E. Moore

I wanted to follow up on the motion hearings we had on March 3 and March 16 on the issue of whether the facts or details of the Albemarle County charge(s) can come into evidence in this Charlottesville trial. The question in this case is whether evidence of another abduction and/or sexual assault is admissible at the trial of charges of abduction with intent to defile and rape, or must such be excluded.

Evidence of other crimes or prior bad acts is generally not admissible if the sole purpose of such is to show the defendant’s propensity to commit the crime charged or…