When affidavits may be read (§ 8.01-660)—Virginia Decoded

In the discretion of the court or judge before whom the petitioner is brought, the affidavits of witnesses taken by either party, on reasonable notice to the other, may be read as evidence.

History

Code 1950, § 8-601; 1977, c. 617.

Court Decisions

Yeatts v. Murray (SCV, 03/03/95)
. . . petition. The respondent, however, argues that Code § 8.01-660 permits a habeas court to consider . . .

Walker v. Mitchell (SCV, 01/21/83)
. . . counsel. Using affidavits where appropriate (Code § 8.01-660) or a plenary hearing when necessary . . .

Lenz v. Warden of the Sussex I State Prison (SCV, 03/05/04)
. . . substantive evidence. He suggests that because Code § 8.01-660 allows the use of affidavits as . . .

Hill v. Com. (COA, 04/04/89)
. . . counsel. Using affidavits where appropriate (Code § 8.01-660) or a plenary hearing when necessary . . .

. . . Michael William Lenz v. Gerald K. Washington, Acting Warden, . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 04/11/06)
. . . witness credibility. See Va.Code Ann. § 8.01-660 (2000). . . .

Clarke v. Galdamez (SCV, 06/09/16)
. . . presented at an evidentiary hearing. Finally, Code § 8.01-660 grants . . .

Smith v. Brown (SCV, 02/12/16)
. . . presented at an evidentiary hearing. Finally, Code § 8.01-660 grants . . .

Lenz v. Washington (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 04/11/06)
. . . purposes of witness credibility. See Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-660 . . .

Porter v. Warden (Habeas Corpus Order) (SCV, 03/02/12)
. . . affidavits is permissible pursuant to Code . . .

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§ 8.01-660

When affidavits may be read

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