The trial court enforced the parties’ separation agreement, which provided for monthly spousal support payments to end if the former wife entered into a long-term relationship. The appellate court rejected her appeal of the termination, finding that the two arguments ...

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The 11 judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia have decided on a change in leadership. The court on Nov. 27 elected Judge Marla Graff Decker as chief judge-elect. On Jan. 1, she will succeed Chief Judge Glen A. ...

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Even if the initial seizure of defendant was improper, the evidence linking him to the firearm that was legally seized and not the result of that stop was improperly suppressed by the trial court. Background On Sept. 2, 2017, Richmond ...

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The fact that defendant was driving the vehicle where the drugs were found in plain view, that he attempted to elude officers and that he fled on foot all supported his convictions for possession of cocaine and marijuana. Background Newport ...

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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, ...

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