16 Va. App. 310 - McManus v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
July 2005
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stringer v. Black · Cartera v. Commonwealth · 8 Va. App. 400 - Kauffmann v. Commonwealth · Watkins v. Commonwealth · 14 Va. App. 892 - Hall v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“A rape victim’s complaint corroborates more than his or her testimony, it also corroborates the occurrence of the rape itself. No reason justifies limiting the rule to corroboration of a victim’s testimony. We hold that the rule is applicable to corroborate other independent evidence of the offense; however, the complaint alone does not constitute sufficient evidence of the offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We hold that such a complaint is admissible even if the victim does not testify because the complaint corroborates, not the testimony of the victim, but the occurrence of the crime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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