A recent decision by the Court of Appeals of Virginia both rebukes a persistent litigator and affirms the power of trial judges to regulate the dress of parties who appear in their courtrooms. A disbarred Virginia lawyer with what the ...

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A defendant granted a habeas review of his life sentences for capital murder and robbery was given a fair hearing and properly sentenced to 99 years in prison. Background In 1999, appellant was convicted, pursuant to a guilty plea, of ...

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An attorney who was disbarred for his pattern of frivolous litigation in a custody dispute against his former wife is liable for her attorney’s fees. Background On April 9, 2010, the Circuit Court of Grayson County entered an order disposing ...

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A defendant challenging his firearms conviction failed to show that admission of evidence of his prior felonies was harmful error. Background On Aug. 7, 2016, Lieutenant Carson Altizer and Officer Rene Fonseca of the Christiansburg Police Department responded to a ...

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After being released with a verbal warning for a broken brake light and driving on a suspended license, a reasonable person in the defendant’s position would have felt free to leave. Therefore, his consent for a vehicle search was valid, ...

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After being released with a verbal warning for a broken brake light and driving on a suspended license, a reasonable person in the defendant’s position would have felt free to leave. Therefore, his consent for a vehicle search was valid, ...

Tagged with: Judge Glen A. Huff Search & Seizure Virginia Court of Appeals

After being released with a verbal warning for a broken brake light and driving on a suspended license, a reasonable person in the defendant’s position would have felt free to leave. Therefore, his consent for a vehicle search was valid, ...

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The trial court did not err in partially denying the defendant’s request for grand jury information, declining to change the trial venue despite widespread publicity of the crime, conducting six days of voir dire, or accepting the jury’s rejection of ...

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Even though a domestic violence defendant did not prevent his alleged victim from coming to court, his use of emotional manipulation to silence her was enough to allow her out-of-court statements to be used to convict him, the Virginia Court ...

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Any procedural errors in the circuit court’s proceedings to terminate a father’s parental rights were harmless, as ample evidence showed that termination would be in the children’s best interests. Background In 2013, the circuit court issued a protective order prohibiting ...

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