GRATTAN v. COM.

Record No. 082547.

685 S.E.2d 634 (2009)

278 Va. 602

Jonathan P. GRATTAN, II v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 5, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Shapiro (Peter Greenspun; Greenspun, Shapiro, Davis & Leary, on briefs), Alexandria, for appellant.

Jennifer C. Williamson, Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on briefs), for appellee.

Present: KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, GOODWYN, and MILLETTE, JJ., and LACY, S.J.


OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

This appeal involves two questions: whether the trial court's finding that the defendant was competent to stand trial was plainly wrong or without evidence to support it and whether its decision barring the defendant's introduction of expert testimony on the issue of his sanity at the time of the offenses was an abuse of discretion. We answer both questions in the negative and will therefore affirm the judgment of the Court of...

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