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	<title>Virginia Lawyers Weekly &#187; Judge Walter S. Felton Jr.</title>
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		<title>Provider Surcharge for Comp Patients Not Paid&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/05/16/provider-surcharge-for-comp-patients-not-paid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Testimony by the chief financial officer of an orthopedic practice that it charges 40 percent more for workers’ compensation patients, to cover overhead for extra time and administrative costs, does not prove the provider’s case that its fees are reasonable under Va. Code § 65.2-605, and the Court of Appeals upholds denial of the provider’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Objection to Ex Parte Communication Waived&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/04/22/objection-to-ex-parte-communication-waived/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defendant is not entitled to reversal of his jury trial conviction for malicious wounding after he failed to timely object to the trial court’s sua sponte written responses to jury questions with no counsel present, the Court of Appeals says;  Rule 5A:18 requires a timely objection and we will not sua sponte apply the good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attempted Murder Not Abduction&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/04/22/attempted-murder-not-abduction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evidence sufficient to prove defendant attempted to murder his wife with a shotgun is not sufficient to prove he abducted four other family members present, the Court of Appeals says; no evidence shows defendant detained them with intent to deprive them of their liberty; their fear about what might happen did not prevent them from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Observed Violations Allow Stop&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On commonwealth’s appeal, the Court of Appeals reverses suppression of marijuana and cocaine found on defendant’s person incident to his arrest after he fled from police; the numerous traffic violations the pursuing officer observed provide probable cause regardless of his original erroneous suspicion defendant was a murder suspect at large. One afternoon in February, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sentencing Error Gets Remand, Not Retrial&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/04/05/sentencing-error-gets-remand-not-retrial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A defendant who used a knife on the man with whom she lived and his brother, and who was sentenced to 10 years on each of two unlawful wounding convictions, wins a remand for resentencing, as five years is the maximum sentence permitted by statute for lawful wounding; the Court of Appeal orders remand, not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recoupment Statute Constitutional&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/04/01/recoupment-statute-constitutional/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A defendant who pleads guilty to two counts of first-degree murder cannot avoid court costs by challenging the constitutionality of Virginia’s recoupment statutes, the Court of Appeals says; Va. Code §§ 19.2-336 and 19.2-358 imply discretion for the trial court to consider a defendant’s ability to pay and provide contempt sanctions only for intentional refusal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suppression Ordered for Gun in Backpack&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/12/19/suppression-ordered-for-gun-in-backpack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A trial court erred in refusing to suppress a gun found in a backpack defendant left in a mall security office when he sought assistance from a security officer in approaching his girlfriend with whom he had just had a fight; the Court of Appeals says the gun could not be admitted under the community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DWI Prosecution Barred After Reckless Conviction&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/12/13/dwi-prosecution-barred-after-reckless-conviction/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/12/13/dwi-prosecution-barred-after-reckless-conviction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A defendant’s general district court conviction of reckless driving bars his felony prosecution for DWI, fourth offense, arising from the same single-car accident, and the Court of Appeals reverses defendant’s conviction on a conditional guilty plea. The circuit court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the felony indictment, stating that because the general district court had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher Knee Injury Not Compensable&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/12/06/teacher-knee-injury-not-compensable/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/12/06/teacher-knee-injury-not-compensable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A majority of the Court of Appeals affirms the commission’s denial of benefits to a teacher who injured her right knee rushing to the classroom of an autistic student who could not be left alone, as teacher failed to prove rushing is an actual risk of her employment; the dissent finds sufficient evidence of work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Board’s Denial of Contract Claim OK’d&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/11/29/boards-denial-of-contract-claim-okd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A homeowner is not entitled to compensation from the Board for Contractors based on deficient work by the contractor hired to renovate her home; the Court of Appeals says the circuit court erred in considering evidence on appeal that was not in the administrative record and in reversing the board’s denial of compensation under the [...]]]></description>
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