Convicts as witnesses (Supreme Court Rule 2:609 derived from this section) (§ 19.2-269)—Virginia Decoded

A person convicted of a felony or perjury shall not be incompetent to testify, but the fact of conviction may be shown in evidence to affect his credit.

History

Code 1950, § 19.1-265; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.

Court Decisions

Hummel v. Commonwealth (SCV, 01/14/77)
. . . defendant. Here, under Code | 19.1-265 (now | 19.2-269), the triers of fact were entitled to know . . .

Sadoski v. Com. (SCV, 04/20/79)
. . . statute, however, in the present case is Code § 19.2-269 (Repl.Vol. 1975), which provides as . . .

Speller v. Com. (COA, 06/17/86)
. . . court was referring to the provisions of Code § 19.2-269 that a conviction for "felony or perjury& . . .

Wyche v. Com. (SCV, 03/03/78)
. . . defendant. Here, under Code § 19.1-265 (now § 19.2-269), the triers of fact were entitled to know . . .

Johnson v. Com. (SCV, 12/03/82)
. . . 217 Va. 548, 231 S.E.2d 216 (1977), and Code § 19.2-269. The jury was entitled to know both the . . .

Ramdass v. Com. (SCV, 11/05/93)
. . . misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. Code § 19.2-269 (felony and perjury; first enacted in 1919, . . .

Cole v. Com. (COA, 03/16/93)
. . . prior felony or perjury convictions. See Code § 19.2-269. Two such methods exist under current . . .

Jewel v. Com. (SCV, 11/03/00)
. . . same issue in his appeal to this Court. . . .

Powell v. Com. (COA, 09/03/91)
. . . cross-examination as any other witness...." Code § 19.2-269 provides that "a person convicted of a . . .

Lincoln v. Commonwealth (SCV, 10/08/76)
. . . prior conviction as impeachment." . . .

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§ 19.2-269

Convicts as witnesses (Supreme Court Rule 2:609 derived from this section)

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