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, ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Criminal Judge Glen A. Huff Search & Seizure Traffic Offenses Virginia Court of Appeals

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 ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Glen A. Huff Jury Virginia Court of Appeals

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 ...

Tagged with: Criminal Domestic Relations Evidence Judge Glen A. Huff Virginia Court of Appeals

The circuit court did not err in allowing the government to introduce copies of the defendant’s criminal history, including charges that did not lead to conviction, pursuant to Code § 19.2-295.1. Background Appellant Donald Robinson was tried by a jury ...

Tagged with: Criminal Evidence Judge Glen A. Huff Virginia Court of Appeals

The court lacked jurisdiction to review a nolle prosequi order and also declined to consider the defendant’s arguments not raised in the trial court. Background Appellant Cecil Truman was indicted for numerous drug crimes. The trial court had to appoint ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Glen A. Huff Virginia Court of Appeals

A divorcing father’s unilateral decision to use a marital investment account to pay for his adult son’s master’s program was properly considered waste of the marital assets, the Court of Appeals of Virginia has ruled. A Fairfax County circuit judge ...

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Use of a blood test to determine the defendant’s blood alcohol content without a warrant was justified under Virginia’s implied-consent law when administering a breath test would have delayed the defendant’s medical care. Background Alexandria police officer Reid Hudson pulled ...

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