Deborah Elkins//June 15, 2010
Deborah Elkins//June 15, 2010
At defendant’s sentencing for leaving an accident scene in which a person was killed and related offenses, defendant failed to object to the trial court’s admission into evidence victim impact statements from the victim’s mother and sister and testimony concerning the dismissed charge of involuntary manslaughter, and defendant waived his claims under Rule 5A:18 and the Court of Appeals affirms the judgment.
Tillery v. Commonwealth (Humphreys, J.) No. 0133-09-2, May 25, 2010; Spotsylvania County Cir.Ct. (Beck) Leigh S. Gettier for appellant; Gregory W. Franklin, AAG. VLW 010-7-208 (UP), 3 pp.