Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia

The prosecutor is legally bound to disclose all information to the defense (whether requested or not) which favors the defendant as well as any adverse information regarding the credibility of government witnesses, including police officers who may be called to testify in the trial of the case.

Upon the request of the defense, the prosecutor must also turn over

copies of any recorded statements or confessions of the defendant (whether audio or written) made or taken as a result of law enforcement's interrogation of the defendant as well as a photocopy of the defendant's criminal record.

The prosecutor's office will normally decline to provide the defendant

with a copy of the police report.

The foregoing is a basic outline of what an Office of Commonweath's

Attorney can reasonably be expected to provide to a defendant or his defense

counsel as discovery in a criminal case but is not meant to be all inclusive

as to what a particular prosecutor's office may be willing to provide such

as the one in Henrico County, Virginia.