Even though evidence was obtained with a defective search warrant, appellant’s conviction of unlawful possession of a controlled substance is affirmed under the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule. Search Police learned that a wanted person, Paul Price, was at ...

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Appellant’s convictions for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon are overturned. The commonwealth lacked evidence that appellant had been in the house on the day police executed a search warrant and discovered ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Frank K. Friedman Virginia Court of Appeals

Where appellant was convicted of possessing cocaine, there was sufficient evidence that he “knowingly and intentionally” possessed the drug. Sufficient evidence “At issue on appeal is whether appellant Beal knew there was cocaine in a tightly rolled up dollar bill ...

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Where appellant waved a knife and hit the father of her child with her fist while holding the seven-month-old child in her arms, this was sufficient evidence to convict her of felony child abuse. Appellant placed the child at a ...

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Where the trial court gave father the power to decide whether to expand mother’s visitation with the parties’ children, this was an improper delegation of judicial power. Background The parties’ final divorce order provided that father would have sole physical ...

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Where appellant contracted with homeowners to do construction work, later asked for additional sums for materials and labor, and did not finish the job, there was sufficient evidence that he intended to defraud the homeowners. His conviction for larceny by ...

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Where the trial court’s order dividing a husband’s military pension was contrary to federal law, the order is void ab initio and can be attacked beyond Rule 1:1’s 21-day window. Overview “Michael Yourko (‘husband’) appeals from the trial court’s dismissal ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Frank K. Friedman Virginia Court of Appeals