44 Va. App. 429 - White v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “so long as the expert does not opine on the truth of the statement at issue” because “such testimony [would] improperly invade[ ] the province of the jury to determine the reliability of a witness”). . I would assume without deciding, for purposes of this appeal only, that his concession was an accurate statement of the law. . Generally, neither lay nor expert witnesses are permitted to give testimony on an ultimate issue in a criminal case because allowing such testimony would”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 46 Va. App. 123 - White v. Commonwealth

2. “Dr. Skinner advised me that he could render a professional opinion, and I did fax him a copy of the rules, that his opinion would be that at the time of the incident [the defendant] believed that God’s law superseded man’s law, and therefore what he did was not wrong. And, that would be his testimony if he was allowed to give an opinion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 46 Va. App. 123 - White v. Commonwealth

3. “legally insane” at the time of the charged offense. See Shifflett, 221 Va. at 769 , 274 S.E.2d at 311 . Commentator Charles Friend has observed that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 46 Va. App. 123 - White v. Commonwealth