Stephen James Kilpatrick v. Commonwealth of Virginia

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Huff, Russell and Malveaux PUBLISHED Argued by videoconference STEPHEN JAMES KILPATRICK OPINION BY v. Record No. 2043-19-3 JUDGE GLEN A. HUFF MAY 4, 2021 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BEDFORD COUNTY James W. Updike, Jr., Judge Gregory M. Lipper (Timothy R. Clinton; Clinton & Peed, on briefs), for appellant. Craig W. Stallard, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Mark R. Herring, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee. Among the tools available to parties in a criminal trial is the use of expert testimony to assist the jury’s…