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McAMIS v. COM.

Record No. 820960.

304 S.E.2d 2 (1983)

George McAMIS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 17, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Oast, III, Portsmouth (Babb, Oast, Hook & Crowe, Portsmouth, on brief), for appellant.

Todd E. LePage, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, and RUSSELL, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.

PER CURIAM.

The question for decision in this criminal case is whether a defendant who takes the witness stand in his own defense and testifies on direct examination that he has been convicted previously of a certain number of felonies may be required on cross-examination to divulge the names of those felonies.

The question arose in the jury trial of George McAmis for grand larceny. McAmis took the witness stand in his own defense and on direct examination...

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