LEWIS v. COM.

Record No. 041390.

608 S.E.2d 907 (2005)

269 Va. 209

Brandon Lavon LEWIS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Cosby, Jr. (Boone, Beale, Cosby & Long, on brief), Richmond, for appellant.

Susan L. Parrish, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Jerry W. Kilgore, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether the Court of Appeals erred in approving the circuit court's denial of a defendant's mistrial motion. The defendant alleged in the motion that his right to a fair trial was prejudiced because the prosecutor, in cross-examining a witness, implied that the witness and the defendant had engaged in criminal activity unrelated to the charged offenses.

Brandon Lavon Lewis was indicted by a grand...

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