Hanson v. Commonwealth

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Lars James Hanson (“appellant”) was convicted by jury trial in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County of first degree murder. Appellant contends the trial court erred: (1) by failing to grant a mistrial after the Commonwealth asked him questions on cross-examination about statements he made regarding an unrelated offense without previously having disclosed those statements pursuant to a discovery order entered under Rule 3A:11; (2) by failing to grant a mistrial or to strike the Commonwealth’s questions about his statements based on their irrelevance to any issue presented at…