13 Va. App. 17 - Powell v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
February 2006
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harmon v. Commonwealth · 2 Va. App. 734 - Albert v. Commonwealth · Sadoski v. Commonwealth · Santmier v. Commonwealth · 5 Va. App. 172 - Barber v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“where ... a defendant/witness testifies untruthfully on direct examination about the number of prior felony convictions, he opens the door to cross-examination which is reasonably designed to elicit relevant evidence to show whether the defendant/witness knowingly testified falsely. The Commonwealth may not, however, resort to cross-examination which unnecessarily presents prejudicial information about the name or nature of prior convictions with little or no probative value.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“gave a cautionary instruction which told the jury that the evidence of other offenses could only be considered for impeachment of the defendant and could not be considered as evidence of guilt or in assessing punishment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he risk of prejudice was so great because the evidence portrayed [Powell] as a drug dealer”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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