Senate holds judicial interviews 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 23, 2012
Tags: General Assembly, Judge Michael S. Irvine, Judge Norman A. Thomas, Judgeships, Justice Donald W. Lemons
There was nary a whisper about Hernandez at Friday’s judicial interviews conducted by the Senate Courts of Justice Committee. Even though committee control switched this year from Democrats to Republicans, the Senate followed the same practice as last year’s courts committee and declined to question sitting judges about whether they deferred dispositions in criminal cases [...]
House panel quizzes judges on Hernandez
By Deborah Elkins
Published: December 14, 2011
Tags: General Assembly, General District Courts, Hernandez, Judge Michael S. Irvine, Judge Norman A. Thomas, Justice Cynthia D. Kinser, Supreme Court of Virginia
Several judges seeking reelection by the 2012 General Assembly have run into trouble over criminal disposition issues raised during interviews Dec. 9 before a panel of the House Courts of Justice Committee. Committee members alerted incumbent judges last April to be prepared to discuss their reliance on the Virginia Supreme Court’s January decision in Hernandez [...]
Hernandez prompts separate interview sessions for high court
By Alan Cooper
Published: February 10, 2011
Tags: General Assembly, Judge D. Arthur Kelsey, Judge Joseph W. Milam Jr., Judge Michael S. Irvine, Judge Pamela S. Baskervill, Judge Randolph A. Beales, Judge Robert J. Humphreys, Judgeships, Supreme Court of Virginia News, Virginia Court of Appeals News
A legislative session to interview candidates for a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Virginia split – literally – over the court’s recent decision in Hernandez v. Commonwealth. That case held that judges can defer entering judgment in criminal cases and dismiss a charge later if a defendant complies with conditions set by the courts. [...]
Domestic Relations – Marital Home – Wife’s Separate Property
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 10, 2011
Tags: Domestic Relations, Judge Michael S. Irvine, Rockbridge County Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts
A Rockbridge County Circuit Court finds that the home wife received as a gift from her parents prior to her marriage, into which the parties moved after marriage, was wife’s separate property and the $55,000 received when she sold the home to her brother likewise was wife’s separate property, so that the current marital home [...]
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