Loudoun judge defies high court over immigration issue 
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Published: February 14, 2011
Tags: General District Courts, Immigration, Supreme Court of Virginia
A formerly obscure legal procedure has been thrust into the limelight by lawyers seeking to reopen long-closed criminal cases to keep their immigrant clients from being deported.
Even though the Supreme Court of Virginia appeared to close the door on the use of the ancient writ of “coram vobis” to revisit old cases with immigration consequences, ...
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