78511219.2-188.2Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016Criminal ProcedurePreliminary HearingCertificate of surgeon as evidence1997, c. 557.Hopkins v. Com.Record Nos. 840660, 840745337 S.E.2d 2641985-11-27https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1256407/hopkins-v-com/ . . . the identification was admissible under Code § 19.2-188.[2] Expressions of opinion, however, are . . . <abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr>http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/19.2-188.2/19.2-187.1Procedures for notifying accused of certificate of analysis; waiver; continuances/19.2-187.1/32.1-277Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; central and district offices and facilities/32.1-277//19.2-188.2/19.2/12/19.2-188.2Any such certificate, when properly notarized, purporting to be signed by the surgeon who removed the organs or other body parts shall be admissible in evidence without proof of seal or signature of the person whose name is signed to it. In any hearing or trial the accused shall have the right to call the person signing the certificate and the provisions of § 19.2-187.1 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.sectionCC1