Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia

admissable letters

Would letters from a previous employer stating my dates of employment be admissable in court by the prosecutor? I was charged with impersonating a police officer. The arresting officer only has two letters from the sheriffs office I was terminated from showing that i was not employed as a deputy at the time of arrest. I want to know if these can be used in court?


Asked on 11/15/07, 10:13 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: admissable letters

In the trial of the case, these letters would likely be considered hearsay (unless subject to business records exception), and therefore would not be admissible as evidence(offered for the truth of the matter at issue).

However, if the prosecutor wanted to get such information as was in the letters into the record, s/he could very likely do so by merely issuing a subpoena for the deputy who was a proper custodian of such information

and calling him or her as a witness in the prosecution's case-in-chief.

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Answered on 11/15/07, 11:37 am


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