Arrington v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hardcastle v. Pennsylvania · Spencer v. Commonwealth · 5 Va. App. 188 - Evans-Smith v. Commonwealth · 2 Va. App. 734 - Albert v. Commonwealth · 2 Va. App. 300 - Fields v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“A prosecutor acts unprofessionally when he or she alludes to evidence in his or her opening statement unless he or she has a good-faith, reasonable basis for believing the evidence will be offered and admitted into evidence. ABA Standards for Criminal Justice, The Prosecution Function Standard 3-5.5 (1986). A prosecutor should confine his or her opening statement to a description of evidence which will be offered and which he or she believes in good faith will be available and admissible.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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