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PRITCHETT v. COM.

Record No. 010030.

557 S.E.2d 205 (2002)

263 Va. 182

Livingston PRITCHETT, III v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 11, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Turk, Jr.; Clifford L. Harrison, Radford, (Frederick M. Kellerman, Jr., Blacksburg; Stone, Harrison & Turk, Radford; Long, Long & Kellerman, Blacksburg, on briefs), for appellant.

Stephen R. McCullough, Assistant Attorney General (Randolph A. Beales Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: LACY, HASSELL, KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, and LEMONS, JJ., and WHITING, S.J.

Opinion by Senior Justice HENRY H. WHITING.

In this case we consider the admissibility of proffered expert opinions concerning the mental retardation of the defendant and the susceptibility of mentally retarded persons to suggestive police interrogation in connection with the defendant's contention that his confession was unreliable.

Livingston Pritchett, III, was indicted in Montgomery County for the capital murder and robbery of Estel Darnell Singleton,...

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