COM. v. WYNN

Record No. 072412.

671 S.E.2d 137 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia v. Freddie Lee WYNN.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela Boice, Assistant Attorney General (Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General; Francis S. Ferguson, Deputy Attorney General; Pamela A. Sargent, Senior Assistant Attorney General, on brief), for appellant.

Steven P. Hanna, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

In this appeal, the Commonwealth challenges two evidentiary rulings by the circuit court during a trial under the Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act (the SVPA), Code §§ 37.2-900 through -920. Because the circuit court did not err by refusing to admit hearsay testimony concerning unadjudicated allegations of sexual misconduct and by admitting only a few pages of a mental health expert witness' written...

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