In denying a defendant’s motion to suppress, the trial judge appropriately found that a warrantless seizure of heroin in the defendant’s car was supported by probable cause under the plain view exception to a warrant requirement. Background On May 27, ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Robert J. Humphreys Virginia Court of Appeals

In granting summary judgment to the defendants, the court found that a former inmate’s claims against correction facility officials that he was denied medical treatment and subject to abuse and lack of due process while incarcerated were time-barred and that ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

A Honduran man had his illegal reentry charge dismissed after a judge found that material defects in a 2002 order requiring him to appear for an immigration hearing were sufficient for him to successfully challenge his deportation order. Background Ramos-Delcid ...

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

The defendant in an espionage case was entitled to the return of items of personal property that contain no classified information, but the government was not required to return photos, videos and documents on electronic devices that were subject to ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Robert G. Doumar U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In granting a motion to disqualify, the court found defense counsel’s representation of a government witness in an unrelated investigation presented a serious potential conflict in a tax fraud and money laundering case because the attorney might have obtained information ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Although a search warrant was defective, the district court did not err in denying the defendant’s motion to suppress because the officer seeking the warrant possessed sufficient information to support probable cause and any defects in the affidavit were miscalculation, ...

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

Where the criminal statute did not apply to failure to appear at a revocation proceeding, the court, citing an exception that allows it to “attain the ends of justice,” vacated a woman’s conviction despite the fact she did not raise ...

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

Where the defendant in a murder case was allowed to cross-examine his co-defendant in order to show bias, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in prohibiting additional questions that would have revealed the sentence defendant was facing. Background ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Teresa M. Chafin Virginia Court of Appeals

In denying defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea to distributing heroin, the court noted his claim that the trial judge erred in accepting the plea without determining he was competent was first raised on appeal, he did not object ...

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

Where the commonwealth provided eyewitness testimony and fingerprints as evidence, the defendant’s convictions for burglary, conspiracy and larceny were affirmed. Background Cobb testified that, while she was walking home from school, she saw a man carrying a “box full of ...

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