SANDERS v. COM.

Record No. 101870.

711 S.E.2d 213 (2011)

282 Va. 154

Geoffrey SANDERS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 9, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory K. Matthews , Assistant Public Defender ( Brenda C. Spry , Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

Richard B. Smith , Special Assistant Attorney General ( Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: KINSER, C.J., LEMONS, GOODWYN, MILLETTE, and MIMS, JJ., and CARRICO and KOONTZ, S.JJ.


OPINION BY Senior Justice LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR.

In this case, the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth allowed the Commonwealth's medical expert to rely on the results of a laboratory report as the basis of her opinion that the victim of acts of sexual abuse had a sexually transmitted infection. The sole issue we consider is whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that this portion of the expert's testimony did...

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