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DeLuca v. Commonwealth (ORDER)
No. 220185Supreme Court of Virginia
220185 DeLuca v. Commonwealth (ORDER) 04/13/2023 The judgment of the Court of Appeals is affirmed for the reasons stated in DeLuca v. Commonwealth, 73 Va. App. 567 (2021), holding that because the testimony of…
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220185 DeLuca v. Commonwealth (ORDER) 04/13/2023 The judgment of the Court of Appeals is affirmed for the reasons stated in DeLuc…
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220185 DeLuca v. Commonwealth (ORDER) 04/13/2023 The judgment of the Court of Appeals is affirmed for the reasons stated in DeLuca v. Commonwealth, 73 Va. App. 567 (2021), holding that because the testimony of his own counsel was never "prejudicial" to him, the attorney's role as both lawyer and witness was not automatically prohibited by the lawyer-witness rule, and the attorney acted at all relevant times as the defendant's counsel, both nominally and in fact, thus this defendant's right to counsel was not violated. Further, because the record supports the conclusions that, despite his claims at the hearing, the defendant was not mistaken about his reporting obligation when he entered cer…
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