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Affidavit not testimonial, Court of Appeals says (access required)

By Alan Cooper
Published: December 29, 2009

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An affidavit for a protective order was properly admitted in the trial of a man accused of killing his estranged wife because the statement was not testimonial, the en banc Virginia Court of Appeals ruled last week. Seven of the court’s 11 members agreed with the opinion by Judge Robert J. Humphreys in Crawford v. Commonwealth, ...
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