The Court of Appeals reverses a trial court order suppressing evidence seized from defendant’s residence based on a search warrant that cited the strong odor of marijuana outside and emanating from the residence and an occupant’s statement to police that ...

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Virginia lawyers continue to look for signs of movement in the state of the law on deferred dispositions. A new opinion from the Court of Appeals of Virginia highlights differences among three judges on the procedural posture of a deferred ...

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The Court of Appeals dismisses this appeal of a conviction for drug possession by a prisoner under the Fugitive Disentitlement doctrine, as he is wanted on a capias issued by the trial court from which the appeal is taken, and ...

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In this first-impression case, a trial court erred in failing to include wife’s Pell Grant in the calculation of her gross income, but not in excluding her personal injury settlement annuity and “free” home provided by her mother; the Court ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds an equitable distribution analysis that favors husband as the sole earner, but accounts for wife’s greater contributions to family well-being, but reverses the trial court’s order requiring husband to transfer a 1-percent property interest in ...

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Police had a reasonable suspicion to stop defendant’s car based on awareness of his illegal drug activity since 2005 and specific information provided by an informant on defendant’s planned trip to Atlanta to buy cocaine, and the Court of Appeals ...

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A school bus driver who had returned to part-time work was entitled to an award of temporary partial disability benefits, despite the employer’s claim that it had been denied due process because the parties were only litigating temporary total disability ...

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A Target employee who timely filed her original claim for benefits for work-related injury to her hand and neck is not barred from later seeking additional medical benefits for treatment related to the same injury, and the Court of Appeals ...

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Observing a “dangling object” from a motorist’s rearview mirror did not give an officer a reasonable and articulable suspicion to stop the vehicle in which defendant was riding, and the Court of Appeals reverses defendant’s drug conviction and remands the ...

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A police officer was not justified in stopping a car because of a 5-inch parking pass on the rear view mirror, the Court of Appeals of Virginia has ruled, reversing convictions of marijuana distribution and other drug offenses for a ...

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