Legal Opinion

Dowdy v. Com.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 5, 2009No. 082143PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

686 S.E.2d 710 (2009)

Matthew M. DOWDY

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Record No. 082143.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 5, 2009.

Jonathan P. Sheldon (Devine, Connell & Sheldon, on briefs), for appellant.

Leah A. Darron, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen. (William C. Mims, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, GOODWYN, and MILLETTE, JJ., and CARRICO and RUSSELL, Senior Justices.

OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

In Husske v. Commonwealth, 252 Va. 203, 476 S.E.2d 920 (1996), we held "that an indigent defendant who seeks the appointment of an expert witness, at the…

2Cases cited29 opinions

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  2. Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Spencer v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1990
  4. State v. ScottTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Carzell Moore v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987

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