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Rankin v. Commonwealth (ORDER)
No. 180812Supreme Court of Virginia
180812 Rankin v. Commonwealth (ORDER) 03/28/2019 In an appeal from the conviction of a police officer for voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a suspected shoplifter during an altercation in a retai…
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180812 Rankin v. Commonwealth (ORDER) 03/28/2019 In an appeal from the conviction of a police officer for voluntary manslaughter …
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180812 Rankin v. Commonwealth (ORDER) 03/28/2019 In an appeal from the conviction of a police officer for voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a suspected shoplifter during an altercation in a retail store parking lot, the appellant failed to assign error and to appeal the alternative holding of the Court of Appeals in upholding the conviction, that any error of the circuit court in admitting into evident at trial the statement "It's my second one," was harmless error because the defendant had a fair trial on the merits and substantial justice was reached. A party who challenges the judgment of a lower court must on appeal assign error to each articulated basis for that ruling. A…
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