The circuit court retained jurisdiction to revoke appellant’s suspended sentence when it conditioned the suspension on appellant’s compliance with his probation terms, even though the court did not expressly make the suspension period concurrent with the probation period. Background In ...

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Multiple charges arising from appellant’s theft of SUV rims and tires were properly tried at a single trial because the charges arose from a common plan and a common scheme. Overview Appellant Brooks was charged with crimes arising from the ...

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Where the circuit court granted bail to appellee, who was charged with several sex crimes but “gave no reasons to support its decision to grant pre-trial bond[,]” this was an abuse of discretion. The circuit court’s judgment is reversed and ...

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Where the JDR court’s visitation ruling specified only “reasonable visitation” for father, the circuit court properly imposed a specific visitation schedule. The court had the authority to do so despite striking father’s evidence concerning changed circumstances. Further, despite mother’s contrary ...

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Where appellant’s 90-day suspended sentence for owning a dangerous dog that killed another person’s pet was conditioned on the dog being euthanized, appellant has waived her challenge the sentencing order. Overview When appellant Stacey’s dog, Niko, attacked another dog, Niko ...

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The circuit court correctly ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to enter a final divorce decree nunc pro tunc after one of the parties died. Background Tommy and Greta Johnson married in 1974. Greta filed for divorce in 2017. After a ...

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Where claimant, a registered nurse, was attacked by a patient while working for her employer, the evidence supports the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission’s findings that the employer did not provide adequate care following the attack. The record also supports the ...

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Even though the circuit court correctly denied appellant’s motion to strike a charge of conspiracy to distribute drugs, her conspiracy conviction is reversed. The court should have given proffered instructions informing the jury about single buyer-seller relationships and under what ...

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Where the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission awarded claimant benefits after she filed an award agreement that was not signed by her employer’s representatives, the commission correctly vacated the award and denied claimant’s request to sanction the employer for not promptly ...

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Where claimant injured his hip and suffered dog bite injuries while working for a swimming pool company, the evidence supports the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission’s conclusion that the hip injury resulted from the dog attack even though it did not ...

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