sexual assault case. “In criminal prosecutions, a man hath a right ... to call for evidence in his favor.” Va. Const., art. I, § 8. “The opportunity to present a complete defense ‘would be an empty one if the State were permitted to exclude competent, reliable evidence bearing on . . . credibility . . . when such evidence is central to the defendant’s claim of innocence’.” Brown v. Commonwealth, 22 Va. App. 316, 322, 469 S.E.2d 90, 93 (1996) (citation omitted). “Combined, the rights to compulsory process, confrontation, and due process give the defendant a constitutional right to present evidence.” Id. at 322, 469 S.E.2d at 93 (citing Neeley v. Commonwealth, 17 Va. App. 349, 356, 437 S.E.2d 721, 725 (1993)). Brown v. Commonwealth, 29 Va. App. 199, 212-13, 510 S.E.2d 751, 757-58 (1999) (<HOLDING>). The right of a defendant to present evidence
holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to allow the withdrawal of the juiy trial waiver holding that trial court erred by failing to compel prosecution to turn over witnesses prior statements relating to their trial testimony holding trial court did not err by refusing to allow counsel to question potential jurors on personal exposure to sexual assault and instead asking all jurors a general question about fairness and impartiality in a sexual assault case holding that the trial court erred by refusing to instruct the jury on seconddegree sexual abuse which is a lesserincluded offense of firstdegree rape holding that the trial court in a sexual assault case erred by refusing to allow evidence of prior testimony by the complainant in an unrelated rape prosecution