A business valuation report prepared by an expert retained by a man in his divorce could not be used against him as a party admission, the Court of Appeals has held on an issue of first impression in Virginia. While ...

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A mental health therapist who had sex with his teenage counseling client has his felony convictions of taking indecent liberties with a child as one in a custo­dial or supervisory relationship affirmed by the Court of Appeals; admission of text ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds defen­dant’s sentence on convictions of con­spiracy to commit robbery and felony eluding, despite defendant’s claim on appeal that the trial court should not have factored in a firearm when calcu­lating his sentence, because the indict­ment ...

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Even if it were illegal for police to stop defendant’s vehicle for a faulty li­cense-plate light and use a Taser on him when he walked away from his vehicle and entered a house, heroin was not found on defendant during ...

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

A defendant who remained at the scene of an accident in which his vehicle crashed into a building, and provided information to an investigating officer required by Va. Code § 46.2-894, but denied driving the vehicle, can be convicted of ...

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The Court of Appeals reverses defendant’s conviction for obstruction of justice for improper venue; he was convicted under Va. Code § 18.2-460(C) in Norfolk Circuit Court, but all the elements of the charged crime of threatening his estranged wife who ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms defendant’s conviction of felony cruelty to animals, based on the death of an ill and underweight puppy named Hannibal. On a complaint about the condition of the adult female boxer and her puppies, an animal ...

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Although defendant, a passenger during a lawful auto stop, claims he was illegally frisked, the officer in question observed the contraband defendant dropped – a glass tube with white residue – in plain view as he forcibly removed defendant from ...

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A state trooper who used the Virginia Criminal Information Network to run inquiries on 15 individuals for personal reasons, including running a search at her girlfriend’s request and a search on her own supervisor, has her 13 misdemeanor convictions of ...

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

The Court of Appeals reverses defendant’s convictions for credit card fraud; the trial court erred in admitting into evidence hearsay evidence of bank card transactions, offered for the truth of the assertion and not admissible under any recognized exception to ...

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