WEST v. COM.

Record No. 1155-89-3.

407 S.E.2d 22 (1991)

Dennis Wayne WEST v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

July 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Lee Lawrence, Roanoke, for appellant.

Leah A. Darron, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: MOON, KEENAN and COLEMAN, JJ.


KEENAN, Judge.

Dennis West was convicted by a jury of the murder of his wife, Barbara West. The sole issue he raises on appeal is whether the trial court erroneously admitted into evidence statements made by the victim to several witnesses prior to her death indicating that West had threatened her life. We find that the statements at issue were inadmissible hearsay because they did not fall within any of the recognized exceptions to the hearsay rule. We further find...

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