Brown v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 2001
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roberts v. Commonwealth · Virginia Electric & Power Co v. Hall · Underwood v. Brown
Most-quoted passages
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“[O]ne is not permitted to impeach his own witness merely because the latter does not come up to his expectation. It is only when the testimony of the witness is injurious or damaging to the case of the party introducing him that the witness can be said to be adverse so as to justify his impeachment. If the testimony is of a negative character and has no probative value, there is no need to discredit the witness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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