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Billips v. Commonwealth

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Current status: FILED
As of: Nov 2, 2007
Source: SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA · DOCKET 062180 ↗

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062180 Billips v. Commonwealth 11/02/2007 (Revised 11/05/2007) Admissibility of opinion evidence based upon plethysmograph testing at a sentencing proceeding requires the same threshold finding of reliability of the scientific method as applies to the use of scientific evidence in judicial proceedings generally. The burden of making a prima facie showing of that foundation rests upon the proponent of the evidence, subject to the opponent's opportunity for cross-examination and refutation. Here,…

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