Legal Opinion

Allen v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided January 10, 2014No. 130304Published

1Opinion of the Court

Present: All the Justices RICHARD WARREN ALLEN v. Record No. 130304 OPINION BY JUSTICE LEROY F. MILLETTE, JR. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA January 10, 2014 FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA In this appeal we consider whether the Court of Appeals of Virginia erred in affirming the circuit court's finding that the Commonwealth presented sufficient evidence to slightly corroborate the corpus delicti of aggravated sexual battery. I. Facts and Proceedings Richard Warren Allen confessed to his daughter to having engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior with his grandson, who was four years old at…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Opper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Epperly v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
  3. Cherrix v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1999
  4. Powell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2004
  5. Crawford v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2011

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