WELSH v. COM.

Record No. 921385.

437 S.E.2d 914 (1993)

Richard E. WELSH v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald T. Zerkin, Richmond, (Robert Godfrey, Kristine H. Smith, on briefs), for appellant.

Eugene Murphy, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Stephen D. Rosenthal, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, WHITING, LACY, and HASSELL, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


CARRICO, Chief Justice.

In this case, we consider (1) whether the trial court applied correct legal principles in determining whether the prosecution by state officials was tainted through improper use of immunized testimony, and (2) whether the evidence supported the trial court's finding that the prosecution had met its burden of proving there was no taint.

From some time in the 1970s until convicted of the offenses involved in this appeal, the defendant...

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