Bill Text: VA SB1076 | 2019 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Criminal case; admissibility of prior inconsistent statements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-23 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 3-N) [SB1076 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2019-SB1076-Comm_Sub.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 1076 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice on January 23, 2019) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Howell) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19.2-268.4, relating to admissibility of prior inconsistent statements in a criminal case.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 19.2-268.4 as follows:

§19.2-268.4. Admissibility of prior inconsistent statements.

In all criminal cases, evidence of a statement made by a witness is admissible for the truth of the matter asserted if the statement is inconsistent with his testimony at the hearing or trial, the witness is subject to cross-examination concerning the statement by the party against whom it is being offered, and the statement was made by the witness under oath at a trial, hearing, or other proceeding.

Nothing in this section shall render a prior inconsistent statement inadmissible for purposes of impeachment because such statement was not recorded or otherwise fails to meet the criteria set forth herein.