The Court of Appeals affirms defendant’s conviction of aggravated sexual battery after he sexually assaulted a woman who had been helped to a bed in a coworker’s home after a social gathering, due to her intoxication; the woman’s testimony demonstrated ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms a second-degree murder conviction of a defendant who fatally shot his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend when they met to exchange custody of defendant’s son with the ex-girlfriend, because of defendant’s anger over the boyfriend smoking a cigarette ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Glen A. Huff Unpublished Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

In sentencing defendant for DUI and refusal to submit to a breathalyzer, the trial court did not err in enhancing the Virginia charges based on defendant’s prior convictions under Florida’s DUI statute, which was “substantially similar” to Virginia’s DUI statute, ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms defendant’s conviction of malicious wounding, for tattooing two young girls, ages 11 and 12, against their wishes. The evidence was sufficient for a reasonable fact finder to conclude that defendant specifically intended to disfigure the ...

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A trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding joint legal custody and primary physical custody of a couple’s two children to the mother, after the father restricted mother’s visitation to supervised visitation with his grandparents; the Court of ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms a perjury conviction for a woman who was with her mother – both of whom had suspended driver’s licenses – when their vehicle rear-ended another vehicle at a stop light, and defendant lied in the ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds the perjury conviction of a defendant who lied in general district court about whether she was driving a vehicle, which her daughter also claimed to have been driving, after the vehicle rear-ended another vehicle at ...

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There was sufficient evidence to convict an apparently intoxicated driver of possession with intent to distribute cocaine found in the closed glove compartment of the rental vehicle he was driving, but there was not sufficient evidence to convict defendant or ...

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Although wife did not have a specific request for spousal support pending before the circuit court, husband requested the court to adjudicate spousal support, and the trial court correctly ruled that it could reach the issue of spousal support based ...

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A defendant convicted of DWI for methamphetamine intoxication cannot overturn his conviction with a claim that the RN who drew his blood at the hospital was not specifically identified as “designated” by a trial court order, as required by Va. ...

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