Legal Opinion
Gosling v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided March 24, 1992No. Record No. 1700-90-2PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BRAY, J.
Gary A. Gosling (defendant) appeals a felony conviction of possession of marijuana while an inmate in a Virginia correctional facility. He contends that the trial court erred in (i) refusing to compel the testimony of a witness, (ii) denying him an opportunity to proffer for the record the anticipated testimony of the witness, and (iii) admitting into evidence several packages of the alleged drug and the related certificate of analysis. We disagree and affirm the conviction.
*161The evidence disclosed that defendant was an inmate at the Buckingham Correctional Center (Buckingham) on…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hoffman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Counselman v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Tharpe v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1994
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