MILLS v. COM.

Record No. 2926-95-3.

482 S.E.2d 860 (1997)

24 Va. App. 415

Michael Edward MILLS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Salem.

March 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Sheffield, for appellant.

Michael T. Judge, Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

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


COLEMAN, Judge.

In this appeal from conviction of multiple traffic infractions and other misdemeanors, we hold that the trial judge's admonition for the jury to disregard a portion of the arresting officer's testimony did not remove the prejudice caused by the officer's introduction of incompetent evidence. The police officer, who gave a totally unresponsive answer to a question posed to him, purposefully interjected that the defendant, when arrested, had "needle...

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