Supreme Court of Virginia. Bette L. BANKS v. MARIO INDUSTRIES OF VIRGINIA, INC., Troy Cook, et al. v. Mario Industries of Virginia, Inc. Record Nos. 061348, 061355. Sept. 14, 2007. OPINION BY Justice DONALD W. LEMONS. *442 In these consolidated appeals from civil actions in which a company alleged that

In this case, a forensic digital evidence scientist at the Department of Forensic Science, a computer forensics expert in Richmond, Virginia, examined the computer. First she removed the five hard drives in the computer and made an image or copy of the hard drives. She then examined the copy of the

Virginia Code Code s 18.2-374.1:1 prohibits the knowing possession of child pornography. In this case, the defendant was convicted after the Court accepted the testimony of a police officer who was admitted at  trial as an expert in  computer forensics.  The Virginia police computer forensics expert conducted an examination of