38 Va. App. 558 - Helmick v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
May 2018
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 12 Va. App. 1003 - Lavinder v. Commonwealth · 26 Va. App. 154 - Juares v. Commonwealth · Blondel v. Hays · Commonwealth v. Vaughn · 11 Va. App. 437 - Maynard v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“A fact is wholly collateral to the main issue if the fact cannot be used in evidence for any purpose other than for contradiction. Evidence of collateral facts, from which no fair inferences can be drawn tending to throw light upon the particular fact under investigation, is properly excluded for the reason that such evidence tends to draw the minds of the jury away from the point in issue, to excite prejudice and mislead them.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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