COM. v. TUMA

Record No. 121177.

740 S.E.2d 14 (2013)

285 Va. 629

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia v. William Edward TUMA.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig W. Stallard , Assistant Attorney General ( Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II , Attorney General, on briefs), for appellant.

Linwood T. Wells, III , Richmond, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


Opinion by Justice ELIZABETH A. McCLANAHAN.

A jury convicted William Edward Tuma (Tuma) of taking indecent liberties with a child, aggravated sexual battery, and animate object penetration. On appeal, we consider whether the Commonwealth violated Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963) by suppressing evidence in the form of an audio tape recording of an investigative interview with the victim. Concluding...

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