Williams v. Commonwealth

I agree with the majority’s conclusion that the trial judge erred in ruling that Code § 8.01-390(A) controlled the issue of authentication and admission in evidence of the certificate. I also agree that Code § 8.01-391(B) is the controlling statute. I do not agree, however, that the record establishes compliance with Code § 8 .01-391(B).

In pertinent part, Code § 8.01-391(B) provided as follows when this case was tried:

If any department, division, institution, agency, board, or commission of this Commonwealth ... has copied any record made in the performance of its official duties, such copy…