The latest news and cases from the Supreme Court of Virginia
">Supreme Court grants 20 appeals Posted in Civil Cases, Criminal Cases, Writs Granted on Aug 6th, 2010
Insurance coverage disputes are among the 20 cases, about half of them criminal, for which the Supreme Court of Virginia has recently granted petitions for appeal. One of the coverage cases, The AES Corp. v. Steadfast Insurance Corp., Record No. 100764, is from Arlington and stems from a California case filed by Native Americans in [...]
">Insanity finding not appealed properly Posted in Appeals Dismissed, Civil Cases, Criminal Cases, Unpublished Orders on May 7th, 2010
What do you do on appeal after your criminal trial has been converted to a civil proceeding? The Supreme Court of Virginia left that question open today in an unpublished order dismissing an appeal because the assignment of error challenged a holding in a criminal aspect of the case, Martinez v. Commonwealth, Record No. 092111. [...]
