18 Va. App. 496 - Davison v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
July 2008
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Higginbotham v. Commonwealth · Fitzgerald v. Virginia · Coppola v. Commonwealth · Fitzgerald v. Commonwealth · 3 Va. App. 523 - Bridgeman v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“In proffering [the therapist] as an expert, it was the prosecutor’s intent to bolster the truth of [the victim’s] testimony at trial. It is well settled that an expert may not “express an opinion as to the veracity of any witness.” The prosecutor’s question to [the therapist] specifically concerned the testimony of a “particular ... witness” and, thus, was clearly “intended to elicit an opinion” of veracity. Such evidence is a comment on an ultimate fact within the province of the jury and must be excluded by the trial court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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