BANKS v. COM.

Record No. 0305-92-3.

434 S.E.2d 681 (1993)

John F. BANKS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

August 31, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Sanzone, Lynchburg (Paul Whitehead Associates, on brief), for appellant.

H. Elizabeth Shaffer, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: MOON, C.J., and BARROW and KOONTZ, JJ.


BARROW, Judge.

In this criminal appeal, we must decide whether the trial court erred in excluding evidence of illegal activities of an undercover police agent during his investigation. We hold that the trial court should have admitted this evidence because, if believed, it shows a motive for the undercover agent to have fabricated his testimony against the defendant.

Lynchburg police arrested the defendant, along with others, at the end of a six-month undercover...

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