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Commonwealth v. Epps

APPEALED status graphic: Commonwealth v. Epps. 060607 Commonwealth v. Epps 03/02/2007 Criminal contempt victimizes the court as an institution, as opposed to individual members thereof. Thus, in the appeal of the conviction of a city sheriff for criminal contempt and an order finding him in civil contempt, the Court of Appeals did not err in holding that a circuit court judge was not a "victim" of contempt of court as contemplated by Code § 19.2-271 and that she was therefore incompetent to testify in the contempt trial. The Court of Appeal…
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