Virginia House Bill 935 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2008 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-02-12 - House: Left in Courts of Justice

Admissibility of prior inconsistent statements in a criminal case. Provides that in all criminal cases, evidence of a statement made by a witness is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule if the statement is inconsistent with his testimony at the hearing or trial, the witness is subject to cross-examination concerning the statement, and the statement (i) was made under oath and describes or explains an event or condition of which the witness had personal knowledge and (ii) is proved to have been written or signed by the witness, the witness acknowledged under oath the making of the statement, or the statement is proved to have been accurately recorded.

Criminal cases; admissibility of prior inconsistent statements.

Del. Todd Gilbert [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-02-12		House: Left in Courts of Justice
2008-01-08		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-01-08		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087004516

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB935