WRIGHT v. COM.

Record No. 1509-92-1.

473 S.E.2d 707 (1996)

23 Va. App. 1

Lawrence WRIGHT v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

August 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Thomas Reed, Norfolk, for appellant.

G. Russell Stone, Jr., Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: MOON, C.J., and BAKER, BARROW, BENTON, COLEMAN, KOONTZ, WILLIS, ELDER and FITZPATRICK, JJ.


JOSEPH E. BAKER, Judge.

Lawrence Wright (appellant) appeals from his conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of Code § 18.2-248. Appellant contends that the trial court erred when it refused to permit him to introduce hearsay evidence after a Commonwealth's witness "opened the door" by making reference to other inadmissible hearsay evidence. A majority of a panel of this Court, in an unpublished opinion, held that the trial...

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