HEWITT v. COM.

Record No. 830176.

311 S.E.2d 112 (1984)

William Henry HEWITT v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Lowe, Charlottesville (J. Lloyd Snook, III, Lowe, Gordon, Jacobs & Snook, Ltd., Charlottesville, on brief), for appellant.

Robert H. Anderson, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ.


RUSSELL, Justice.

William Henry Hewitt was tried by a jury for possession of more than five pounds of marijuana, with intent to distribute. He was convicted and sentenced to thirty years' confinement. The dispositive question raised by his appeal concerns his right to cross-examine a prosecution witness for bias.

The Commonwealth relied primarily on the testimony of Robert Talley to establish Hewitt's knowledge and intent. Talley, who had an extensive criminal...

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