11 Va. App. 310 - Bellfield v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
November 1998
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sansone v. United States · Barrett v. Commonwealth · McClung v. Commonwealth · Taylor v. Commonwealth · Guss v. Commonwealth
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“[W]hen considering on appeal whether an instruction was properly refused, `[i]t is immaterial that the jury could have reached contrary conclusions.' `[I]f there is evidence tending to support the lesser offense, a trial court errs in refusing an instruction thereon.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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