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MORRIS v. COM.

Record No. 831607.

326 S.E.2d 693 (1985)

Teeb Jude MORRIS, Sr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 8, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis C. Terwilliger, Pulaski, for appellant.

Roger L. Chaffe, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

COMPTON, Justice.

The sole question in this criminal appeal is whether the trial court erred by restricting inquiry into the statements of a declarant who allegedly had confessed to the crime with which the defendant was charged.

On the subject of third-party confessions, we said in Ellison v. Commonwealth, 219 Va. 404, 408-09, 247 S.E.2d 685, 688 (1978):

"[I]t is settled in Virginia that, while a declaration...

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