Garcia v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Q. But, you didn’t call the police; is that correct? * * * A I didn’t call the police—I tried to call the police but I didn’t know the address and the car wasn’t mine and it wasn’t my problem. * * * Q. Okay. But it was your testimony, was it not, that you called [the victim] immediately; is that correct? A. I called [the victim] at that time and asked him what he wanted to do. Q. But you yourself, you never reported this to the police or obtained a number for the police or filed a complaint; is that correct? A. No. Q. Now, when the defendant was charged, that’s when you came forward with this story; is that correct? A. Correct. Q. By that time, when some months had elapsed and you had found out the number for the police; is that correct? A. I didn’t call the police—it wasn’t that I didn’t have the number, but I consulted with [the victim]— DEFENSE COUNSEL: Objection, hearsay— COMMONWEALTH’S ATTORNEY: Your Honor, he cannot object to his own question— THE COURT: You can’t object to your own question. What’s the answer? DEFENSE COUNSEL: He was about to say what [the victim] said to him. A. I talked to [the victim] and he said there was a problem among the brothers and everything and I think he was afraid that he was going to kill him if he did anything about it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 21 Va. App. 445 - Garcia v. Commonwealth