A defendant who stole the victim’s purse is guilty of robbery, and not merely larceny, because a rational factfinder could have inferred the victim resisted the defendant’s attempt to take her purse and that he had to use some amount ...

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Where a husband and wife separated for more than a year after the wife discovered photographs of the husband cross-dressing, the wife was entitled to a fault-based divorce on the grounds of constructive desertion. Background Daniel Jason Rakes and Teresa ...

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An employee who was blinded in an assault by a former coworker while working the overnight shift at a rest area was entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, even though the assailant’s motivation for the attack was unknown, because the employee’s ...

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The case of a man who was blinded in a seemingly random attack by a former co-worker has been sent back by the Virginia Court of Appeals to the Workers’ Compensation Commission to determine if the man’s job put him ...

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The JDR court’s order terminating the parents’ responsibility for child support while their son was in foster care did not eliminate their responsibility to pay for the costs incurred while their son was in the legal custody of the Department ...

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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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