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CLAY v. COM.

Record No. 002112.

546 S.E.2d 728 (2001)

262 Va. 253

Robert Lewis CLAY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 8, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. William Watson, Jr. (Watson & Nelson, Boydton, on brief), for appellant.

Leah A. Darron, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., LACY, HASSELL, KEENAN, KOONTZ, and KINSER, JJ., and STEPHENSON, Senior Justice.

STEPHENSON, Senior Justice.

In this appeal, we determine whether the trial court committed reversible error in (1) allowing certain evidence under the state-of-mind exception to the hearsay rule and (2) excluding certain testimony of a deputy sheriff.

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Robert Lewis Clay was indicted in the Circuit Court of Halifax County for the first-degree murder of his wife, Joy Clay, in violation of Code § 18.2-32, and for using a firearm in the commission...

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