27 Va. App. 759 - Jett v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 3 Va. App. 523 - Bridgeman v. Commonwealth · 25 Va. App. 629 - Canipe v. Commonwealth · Moore v. Commonwealth · Horton v. Commonwealth · 26 Va. App. 627 - Marshall v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“Q: And how did you ... just describe for the ladies and gentlemen of the jury what you did with that brush. A: I would lay it on the outside of my pookie [a term the victim used for her "private parts"], and rub it. Q: Around, back and forth, or what? A: Back and forth.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“], and rub it. Q: Around, back and forth, or what? A: Back and forth. The victim also testified that appellant told her to do the same things with her Barbie doll, and when he tucked her in at night he would sometimes use his finger or his tongue and”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“her vagina, and the Supreme Court overturned the conviction for insufficient evidence of the essential element of penetration. See Moore, 254 Va. at 189 , 491 S.E.2d at 741 (holding proof of penetration is legally insufficient if the evidence is”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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