10 Va. App. 290 - Joyner v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
September 1995
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harmon v. Commonwealth · 3 Va. App. 163 - Head v. Commonwealth · Sadoski v. Commonwealth · Santmier v. Commonwealth · McAmis v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“Should the jury be permitted to know the name of the felony and the details thereof, it may mean more to them than the mere fact that the defendant is a person of doubtful veracity. The danger of such prejudice is increased if the Commonwealth is permitted to show the nature of the crime of which he has been previously convicted. Thus, so long as the defendant answers truthfully the inquiry as to a prior felony conviction, the name of the crime cannot be shown.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Payne v. Carroll
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