WHITEHEAD v. COM.

Record No. 2151-98-3.

522 S.E.2d 904 (2000)

31 Va. App. 311

Kelvin Lynn WHITEHEAD v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Salem.

January 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Jane Chittom, Richmond (Elwood Earl Sanders, Jr.; Public Defender Commission, on briefs), for appellant.

Steven A. Witmer, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: BENTON, BRAY and BUMGARDNER, JJ.


BENTON, Judge.

A jury convicted Kelvin Lynn Whitehead of aggravated malicious wounding. On appeal, he contends the trial judge erred by (1) allowing the prosecutor to cross-examine a defense witness on issues which were beyond the scope of direct examination and (2) admitting testimony from a Commonwealth's witness concerning out-of-court statements made by the same defense witness. For the reasons that follow, we affirm Whitehead's conviction.

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