Lockhart v. Commonwealth

CLEMENTS, Judge.

Weinthal Lockhart was tried by jury and convicted of forcible sodomy for having anally and orally sodomized a boy less than thirteen years of age, in violation of Code § 18.2-67.1. On appeal, he contends the trial court erred (1) in denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained from a search of his home that was invalid because the magistrate failed to file the affidavit supporting the search warrant within thirty days as required by Code § 19.2-54, (2) in not allowing the admission of evidence of the victim’s misconduct at school and of his tendency to always make excuses…