14 Va. App. 920 - Mostyn v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
May 2001
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on O'Dell v. Commonwealth · Barrett v. Commonwealth · Whittaker v. Commonwealth · Zirkle v. Commonwealth · Butts v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“The best evidence rule requires that, to prove the contents of a document, the `original must be produced unless it be shown that the original is unavailable, in which case secondary evidence may be introduced.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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