Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

Any error relating to the prosecutor’s proffer of evidence at appellant’s probation revocation hearing was harmless. The proffered evidence, a newspaper article that quoted the victim’s description of appellant’s actions, was not the only evidence of the nature of the ...

Tagged with: Criminal Justice Cleo E. Powell Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Justice Stephen R. McCullough Justice William C. Mims Supreme Court of Virginia

Where indigent respondents are sexually violent predators who violated the terms of their conditional release, they had no due process right to an appointed psychological expert to assist them at the hearing. Ruling “The purpose of the [Code § 37.2-913] ...

Tagged with: Criminal Justice Stephen R. McCullough Supreme Court of Virginia

A defendant who was involved in the theft of property from different rooms of the house, by different people and at different times, could not argue the thefts constituted a single felony. Background Tateana A. Wells was convicted of grand ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Mary B. Malveaux Virginia Court of Appeals

Where a statute gave a court discretion to award attorney’s fees and costs on behalf of any party, the court was not barred from awarding such fees to a party who was represented by legal services and, as such, did ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Rudolph Bumgardner III Virginia Court of Appeals

Where a passenger of a vehicle was found guilty of possession after nearly a kilogram of cocaine was found inside the vehicle and his request for a deferred sentence was denied, the denial was upheld because he failed to assign ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge William G. Petty Virginia Court of Appeals

The Virginia Board of Pharmacy’s decision to approve Dharma Pharmaceuticals as a dispensary of CBD and THC-A oils was neither arbitrary nor capricious. A motion to dismiss New Age Care’s appeal of the administrative decision is granted. Ruling “The Court ...

Tagged with: Administrative Henrico County Circuit Court Judge Lee A. Harris Jr. Virginia Circuit Courts

The commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles correctly ruled that Tesla Motors fell within an exception to the statutory ban of motor vehicle manufacturers owning and operating a car dealership. Overview Code § 46.2-1572(4) prohibits automobile manufacturers from owning, ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Gregory L. Rupe Richmond Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Where a student’s claims against her university were based on allegations that students and professors at the university falsely maligned her as being mentally disturbed, the potential harm to the student’s professional reputation did not outweigh the public’s interest in ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a defendant was entitled to an award of attorney’s fees because the court had granted the defendant’s motion to compel, the requested fees were reduced because the amount of time defendant’s counsel spent on the motion was excessive given ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge Pamela Meade Sargent U.S. District Court - Western District

A district court that found a police officer entitled to qualified immunity erred by failing to construe evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, who was shot by the officer. A majority of the court held the facts ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Rights Judge Pamela A. Harris