The court could not determine if the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion to suppress his statements to police regarding the marijuana found in his backpack and his residence because he failed to include a transcript or an agreed ...

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By remaining with the couple’s children in South Korea and refusing to return to the United States, the mother denied the father access to the children, a fact that was properly considered by the trial court in granting the father ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Robert J. Humphreys Virginia Court of Appeals

By remaining with the couple’s children in South Korea and refusing to return to the United States, the mother denied the father access to the children, a fact that was properly considered by the trial court in granting the father ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Robert J. Humphreys Virginia Court of Appeals

In awarding benefits to a Washington Redskins’ player injured during the pre-season, the commission did not err in considering the amounts he earned during his short tenure before injury, instead of the amounts he would have earned if he made ...

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The denial of benefits was upheld for an employee who was injured after he dozed off while driving home from a job site because he could not relate his drowsiness to working conditions and the resulting injury and accident. The ...

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A defendant’s challenge to his enhanced sentence based on a prior drug conviction was rejected, as the court found that a plain reading of the law meant that any prior conviction under the statute triggered the enhanced punishment provisions. Background ...

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Where the record contained extensive evidence of the horrific child abuse suffered by the child at the hands of the defendant, the trial court did not err in terminating his parental rights. Background On Jan. 27, 2017, Y.Y., a four-year ...

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In denying a defendant’s motion to suppress, the trial judge appropriately found that a warrantless seizure of heroin in the defendant’s car was supported by probable cause under the plain view exception to a warrant requirement. Background On May 27, ...

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While the circuit court agreed there was an “unreasonable delay” in the mailing of the final order, it did not err in denying a husband’s request to take an untimely appeal in his bid to terminate spousal support because his ...

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An employer’s argument that the worker’s comp commission gave too much weight to a medical opinion, and ignored contrary evidence in the record concerning an employee’s injury, was not a valid basis to challenge its decision. Background On Oct. 17, ...

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