MITCHELL v. COM.

Record No. 0362-96-3.

486 S.E.2d 551 (1997)

25 Va. App. 81

Stephen Wayne MITCHELL v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Salem.

June 24, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Wills (William L. Heartwell, III; William L. Heartwell, III, P.C., on briefs), for appellant.

Eugene Murphy, Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: MOON, C.J., and COLEMAN and WILLIS, JJ.


WILLIS, Judge.

Stephen Wayne Mitchell was convicted in a bench trial of proposing an act of sodomy to a juvenile in violation of Code § 18.2-370. He contends on appeal that the trial court erred in admitting hearsay testimony concerning the details of the offense. We disagree and affirm the conviction.

I.

The victim, a twelve-year-old boy, testified that he met Mitchell, who was fishing along the bank of a creek near a trailer park in which...

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