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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The Court of Appeals affirms defen­dant’s felony conviction of perjury for lying to the court about his name, testi­fying that he should have been charged as “Adrian Saunders,” despite prior charges and the officer’s personal long-term acquaintance with defendant as ...

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

In these three consolidated appeals of a couple married in 2001 and divorced in 2015 on grounds of wife’s adultery with her personal trainer, the trial court’s rul­ings are affirmed, except that this court reverses the classification of husband’s First ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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