Legal Opinion
Caprio v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 31, 1997No. Record 962090PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE POFF
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The dispositive issue framed in this appeal is whether the Court of Appeals of Virginia erred in upholding the trial court’s ruling denying the appellant’s motion for a continuance and allowing the Commonwealth to introduce the testimony of an expert concerning his extrapolation of blood profile frequency based upon his analysis of a series of DNA profiles and reports.
On March 5, 1992, Harry Stephen Caprio was indicted for the murder and robbery of Elizabeth Marie Bickley committed August 5, 1991. In the first of two trials conducted by…
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- Watkins v. HallSupreme Court of Virginia · 1934
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- Doss v. Jamco, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1997
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