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Ellison v. Commonwealth
No. 060482Supreme Court of Virginia
060482 Ellison v. Commonwealth 01/12/2007 In a civil proceeding under Code § 37.2-900 et seq., the Commonwealth alleged that an inmate previously convicted of a sexual crime was a sexually violent predator. Un…
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060482 Ellison v. Commonwealth 01/12/2007 In a civil proceeding under Code § 37.2-900 et seq., the Commonwealth alleged that an i…
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060482 Ellison v. Commonwealth 01/12/2007 In a civil proceeding under Code § 37.2-900 et seq., the Commonwealth alleged that an inmate previously convicted of a sexual crime was a sexually violent predator. Under the doctrine of collateral estoppel and the constitutional protections against double jeopardy, the trial court did not err by admitting into evidence in the civil trial evidence from a rape victim in a criminal case where the defendant had been acquitted. The judgment is affirmed.
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060482 Ellison v. Commonwealth 01/12/2007 In a civil proceeding under Code § 37.2-900 et seq., the Commonwealth alleged that an inmate previously convicted of a sexual crime was a sexually violent predator. Under the doctrine of collateral estoppel and the constitutional protections against double jeopardy, the trial court did not err by admitting into evidence in the civil trial evidence from a rape victim in a criminal case where the defendant had been acquitted. The judgment is affirmed.
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