[DOWNLOAD] "Blain V. Commonwealth" by Virginia Court of Appeals * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Blain V. Commonwealth
- Author : Virginia Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 06, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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Mark Blain, a prisoner in the Virginia State Penitentiary, was convicted in a jury trial of robbery and first degree murder and sentenced to twenty-five years and life imprisonment, respectively. His appeal raises the following questions: (1) whether his statements made to investigators during a search of his cell when he had not been given Miranda warnings were properly admitted as evidence against him at trial, and (2) whether the trial court properly excluded reputation evidence concerning a Commonwealth's witness that tended to exculpate Blain. We find no error and affirm the convictions.