The Court of Appeals reverses defendant’s conviction for probation violation, because it finds the circuit court did not have jurisdiction to find defendant in violation. Defendant contends the circuit court did not have jurisdiction on Feb. 20, 2015, to impose ...

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A defendant’s conviction of DWI un­der Va. Code § 18.2-266 is affirmed; the trial court did not err by failing to suppress defendant’s blood alcohol test result of .196 percent and by admit­ting evidence of the arresting officer’s attempts to ...

Tagged with: Judge Mary Grace O'Brien Traffic Offenses Virginia Court of Appeals

A trial court erred in denying defen­dant’s motion to withdraw his guilty pleas to six felony charges before new counsel was advised of his appointment and given the opportunity to argue the motion seeking to withdraw the pleas; the Court ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Mary Grace O'Brien Virginia Court of Appeals

A defendant who pleaded guilty to probation violation wins reversal of a denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea and counsel’s motion to withdraw from representation; these motions were filed after defendant filed his notice of appeal, but ...

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Although a trial court referenced appel­lant’s “alleged history of spousal abuse” and said her crime of shooting her hus­band was a “willful, deliberate, premedi­tated killing with malice,” the trial court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing her to 15 ...

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A divorce court could incorporate a por­tion of a couple’s property settlement agree­ment into their final divorce decree, and it did not abuse its discretion in not incor­porating the start date of husband’s child support payments in light of his ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Mary Grace O'Brien Virginia Court of Appeals

A defendant cannot overturn his convic­tion of aggravated malicious wounding in stabbing another man outside a bar with a claim that the trial court erred in quash­ing a subpoena to require a codefendant to testify – after the codefendant’s guilty ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds appel­lant’s conviction of misdemeanor obstruc­tion of justice under Va. Code § 18.2-460, based on her conduct of removing her son who was being questioned on the street about a possible larceny, refusing to pro­vide identification ...

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Finding no error, the Court of Appeals upholds an award of primary physical custody to father and joint legal custody to both parents, who never married. The parties’ child was born with schi­zenepahly, a disease that affects her fine motor ...

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A claimant who continued to suffer pain in her knee from a work-related in­jury and who was released from released from treatment by the first doctor she saw, was entitled to change physicians and obtain additional diagnosis and treatment from ...

Tagged with: Judge Mary Grace O'Brien Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation