Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided February 3, 1998No. 2083963PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Judge.
The issue in this criminal appeal is whether a defendant’s tacit admission by silence following a police officer’s question in a non-custodial setting was erroneously admitted into evidence in violation of the constitutional protections afforded by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 8 of the Virginia Constitution.
William Thomas Taylor was convicted of possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony in violation of Code § 18.2-308.2 and of carrying a concealed weapon in violation of Code § 18.2-308. At trial, the…
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