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Where appellant did not show that the commonwealth suppressed  information favorable to his defense that would otherwise have been unavailable, the circuit court correctly denied his motion for a mistrial. Overview Golden, a confidential informant for the police,  made controlled ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

Where appellant committed a series of probation violations, the trial court correctly revoked her suspended sentence and sentenced her under the probation agreement’s terms, leaving her with a one-year active sentence. Background After being charged with a drug crime, appellant ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Daniel E. Ortiz Virginia Court of Appeals

Where the court convicted appellant of robbery, use of a firearm in commission of a felony and obtaining money by false pretenses, there was sufficient evidence to support the convictions. Competing versions Singleton, the robbery victim, testified that appellant Henry ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Dominique A. Callins Virginia Court of Appeals

Where a Maryland court entered a judgment against a debtor after he failed to pay his former wife monies owed as a result of their separation and property settlement agreement, and this bankruptcy court held that debt was nondischargeable as ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Frank J. Santoro U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Where a village town manager published an affidavit in which he falsely stated that complaints were filed against town safety officers “involving inappropriate electronic communications that created a hostile work environment in violation of Village policy,” he was liable for ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge James A. Wynn Jr. Tort

Where a jury found two companies’ statements about probiotics constituted false advertising, the district court enjoined them from making certain statements about the products. But when they violated that order, the court did not err in holding the companies in ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Albert Diaz Sanctions

Where a mother sued school officials for failing to report that a teacher was abusing her son, the officials were granted immunity because their decisions involved the exercise of discretion and there were no allegations showing they acted with malice. ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III Negligence

Where a firefighter with the Alexandria Fire Department alleged he was passed over for a one-year paramedic internship because of his race, but the evidence showed the placement of interns was nondiscriminatory, judgment was awarded to the fire department. Background ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Discrimination Judge Julius N. Richardson

Where a federal district court already rejected a detainee’s challenge to his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, his reassertion of that same argument in a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 was properly dismissed. Background After the Supreme ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal Judge Allison Jones Rushing

Where the district court erred by referring to statements from the defendant’s ex-wife during a sentencing hearing without balancing the parties’ interests, requiring a showing of good cause or disclosing them to the defendant, the error was harmless. The record ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal Judge Diana Gribbon Motz