W&L Community Law Clinic will operate from Oliver Hill House
By The Associated Press
Published: October 20, 2008
(AP) Beginning this fall, students from the Washington and Lee School of Law will offer pro bono legal services out of the childhood home of the late civil rights activist Oliver White Hill. The W&L Community Law Clinic at the Oliver Hill House, based in Roanoke, will address unmet legal needs and community issues in [...]
Criminal – Second-Degree Murder – Exotic Dancer 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 20, 2008
An exotic dancer for an escort service who made a repeat visit to the victim’s home and whose husband later entered the home on a ruse saying he was her brother has her conviction for the murder of the victim affirmed by the Court of Appeals.
Here, the testimony of the driver who drove the dancer [...]
State has news about DNA, can’t find felons to tell
By News in Brief
Published: October 20, 2008
State officials trying to notify hundreds of felons that their case files contain newly discovered, but decades-old DNA evidence that could exonerate them are having a hard time finding many of the convicts.
The problems prompted the Virginia State Crime Commission last week to order a team to study better ways of notifying more than 1,000 [...]
Domestic Relations – Termination Of Parental Rights – Housing
By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 20, 2008
A trial court did not err in terminating a father’s parental rights to a child with whom he did not maintain contact and for whom he failed to make plans to provide, the Court of Appeals holds.
While father maintains he has a “stable residence,” he points to nothing in the record regarding the specific nature [...]
Fairfax County makes midyear spending cuts
By News in Brief
Published: October 20, 2008
FAIRFAX—Fairfax County officials have unveiled a list of midyear spending cuts to close a $58 million shortfall in the current budget.
County Executive Anthony Griffin says the worsening economy and the stagnant housing market have cut anticipated revenue from business and sales taxes and real estate recordation taxes.
Besides across-the-board program cuts, the county will halt capital [...]
Criminal – Child Abuse & Neglect – Girlfriend’s Infant
By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 20, 2008
A defendant who was left to care for his live-in girlfriend’s five-month-old infant and who used 150-degree water to rinse off the infant after he vomited, causing second- and third-degree burns, has his conviction of child abuse and neglect affirmed by the Court of Appeals, even though he claims he was not responsible for the [...]
VDOT investigates Giles County bridge collapse
By News in Brief
Published: October 20, 2008
PEARISBURG—The Virginia Department of Transportation is investigating the collapse of a pedestrian bridge that injured nine people in Giles County.
VDOT says 10 people were on the cable-and-wood bridge spanning Walker Creek when it collapsed in the early Sunday on Oct. 12.
State Police Sgt. Mike Conroy said nine people were taken to Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital [...]
VBA group starts ‘Rule of Law’ school program
By News in Brief
Published: October 20, 2008
The Virginia Bar Association Foundation will start a pilot program in February on the Rule of Law in Roanoke area middle schools that it hopes to make part of the 7th and 8th grade civics curriculum statewide.
The program will emphasize the Rule of Law as the foundation for democracy and the freedoms American enjoy.
The foundation [...]
Criminal – Suspended Sentences – Revocation
By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 20, 2008
A defendant who received suspended sentences for his conviction of felony hit-and-run and related offenses, has those suspensions revoked for multiple violations of the conditions of his probation, and that decision is upheld by the Court of Appeals.
At defendant’s probation violation hearing, the evidence proved that he had been convicted of multiple felony and misdemeanor [...]
Search & Seizure – Return Of Property – Pending Investigation
By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 20, 2008
Searches pursuant to warrant on May 29, 2008, were legal even though petitioners were not at that time allowed to see the affidavit in support of the warrant, and the government’s continued retention of the property during the pending investigation is upheld by a magistrate judge in the Abingdon U.S. District Court.
Petitioners argue the searches [...]
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