PETTY, Judge.
A jury convicted Marcus A. Washington of rape. On appeal, Washington contends the trial court erred in permitting the victim to testify during the Commonwealth's case-in-chief of the sentencing phase of his trial. He asserts Code § 19.2-295.1 only permitted the Commonwealth to introduce prior convictions during its case-in-chief and the trial judge should have permitted the victim impact testimony, if at all, as rebuttal evidence. After applying...
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