32 Va. App. 438 - Green v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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24 state decisions

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1. ““When a trial court admits evidence in violation of the United States Constitution, the court’s error is a constitutional one.” Williams v. Commonwealth, 30 Va.App. 378, 383 , 517 S.E.2d 246, 249 (1999) (citing Jenkins v. Commonwealth, 254 Va. 333, 336 , 492 S.E.2d 131, 132 (1997)). “Before a federal constitutional error can be held harmless, the court must be able to declare a belief that it was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.” Id. (internal quotations and citations omitted). “We decide whether the erroneous admission of evidence was sufficiently prejudicial to require reversal on the basis of our own reading of the record and on what seems to us to have been the probable impact on the fact finder.” Id. at 384 , 517 S.E.2d 246 , 517 S.E.2d at 249 (internal quotations and citations omitted).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 47 Va. App. 315 - Corado v. Commonwealth

2. “). He contends, however, that, because the stipulated evidence presented at trial showed he did not mail the parcel himself, the evidence was insufficient, as a matter of law, to sustain his conviction of transporting more than five pounds of marijuana into the Commonwealth with intent to distribute, in violation of Code § 18.2-248.01. Specifically, he argues the evidence does not support his conviction as a principal in the first degree because, as solely the recipient of a parcel shipped into the Commonwealth by someone else, he was not”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Washington v. Com.

3. “proof of venue ... is not regarded as material, so far as the merits of the prosecution are concerned, and so the allegation of venue is not part of the crime. Because the foregoing error did not stem from evidentiary insufficiency with respect to the guilt or innocence of the defendant, the case will be remanded [to the Circuit Court of Arlington County for transfer to the Circuit Court of Fairfax County] for further proceedings, if the Commonwealth be so advised.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 38 Va. App. 319 - Thomas v. Commonwealth