Legal Opinion

Bailey v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided December 13, 1994No. 0153-94-2PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*356Opinion

BENTON, J.

John C. Bailey appeals from the revocation of six months of a suspended prison sentence. He contends that (1) the trial judge erred by admitting in evidence a laboratory report as a business record exception to the hearsay rule, (2) the laboratory report was insufficient to prove that he used cocaine, and (3) the evidence was insufficient to prove that he used cocaine during the probation period. We agree that the evidence failed to prove that Bailey used cocaine during the probation period, and we reverse the revocation of six months of his suspended sentence.

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Patterson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1991
  2. Preston v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1992

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Word v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2003
  2. Word v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2003
  3. Word v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2003

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