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HOOD v. COM.

Record No. 092402.

701 S.E.2d 421 (2010)

Larry HOOD v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 4, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Martin (Martin & Martin, on brief), for appellant.

Sean J. Murphy , Assistant Attorney General ( Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II , Attorney General; Wesley G. Russell, Jr. , Deputy Attorney General; Pamela A. Sargent , Senior Assistant Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, GOODWYN, and MILLETTE, JJ., and RUSSELL, S.J.

Opinion by Justice LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR.

In a proceeding under the Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act ("SVPA"), Code § 37.2-900 et seq., the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania County ruled that the respondent prisoner, Larry Lee Hood, Jr., would not be permitted to present expert evidence because he had refused to cooperate with the Commonwealth's mental health expert during an assessment examination prior to the filing of the commitment petition...

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