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Pritchett v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided January 11, 2002No. Record 010030PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SENIOR JUSTICE WHITING

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case we consider the admissibility of proffered expert opinions concerning the mental retardation of the defendant and the susceptibility of mentally retarded persons to suggestive police interrogation in connection with the defendant’s contention that his confession was unreliable.

*184Livingston Pritchett, III, was indicted in Montgomery County for the capital murder and robbery of Estel Darnell Singleton, Sr., and for the use of a firearm in the commission of those two crimes. After a jury convicted him of first degree murder and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Crane v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Coppola v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1979
  3. Fitzgerald v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
  4. Williams v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
  5. Commonwealth v. SoutherlySupreme Court of Virginia · 2001

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Jackson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2003
  2. Rogers v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2002
  3. State v. OliverSupreme Court of Kansas · 2005
  4. Sabo v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2002
  5. Nobrega v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2006

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