Legal Opinion
Estes v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided August 15, 1989No. Record No. 0776-88-3PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOON, J.
Andy Estes seeks reversal of his conviction of first degree murder, burglary, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He claims that the court improperly admitted hearsay evidence that the murder weapon had the same serial number as a gun stolen from a truck about 1.6 miles from Estes’ home in Tennessee six weeks before the murder. We agree.
Estes is from Gibson County, Tennessee. During 1986, he lived temporarily in Waynesboro, Virginia, where he dated Eunice Williams. Williams and Estes had a tumultuous relationship. On December 15, 1986, they had an argument. On…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Frye v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1986
- Zirkle v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
- State v. LooneySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1978
- Goins v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1977
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