The Supreme Court of Virginia has overturned summary contempt convictions and jail terms for two Virginia Beach lawyers and their law clerk.
The contempt findings arose during a felony jury trial in which law partners Claude Scialdone and Barry Taylor represented a client charged with offenses stemming from his online chats with a police officer [...]
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Summary contempt for Beach lawyers reversed — again
February 25th, 2010 · Comments Off · Contempt, Court of Appeals, contemporaneous objection
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You can sit down now, counsel
October 24th, 2007 · Comments Off · Rule 5A:18, contemporaneous objection, criminal defense
The Virginia Court of Appeals did some line-drawing yesterday, and let criminal defense lawyers know there is at least one case that should not have drawn a Rule 5A:18 argument.
Defense lawyers know the power of the contemporaneous objection rule, and how carefully the appellate court scrutinizes the record to make sure trial counsel hit all [...]
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