A “show-up” identification did not violate a robbery suspect’s rights when police presented him separately to the victims, did not encourage them to make a positive identification, and did not inform them that their stolen items were found on the ...

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Witness testimony and ballistics evidence was sufficient to uphold a conviction for discharging a firearm in a public place, even though the actual weapon was never located, the court of appeals said. Witness James Goode was attempting to break up ...

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A state trooper responding to a gruesome traffic accident could not prevail on a claim for purely psychological damages arising from “unfortunately frequent” occurrences in his line of work, the court of appeals held. On August 19, 2015, Virginia State ...

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The court of appeals upheld the conviction of Appellant Matthew John Stickle, whose possession of child pornography was discovered through the use of a P2P file-sharing program tailored for law enforcement use. Lt. Scott Little, a district coordinator for the ...

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On appeals from orders concerning spousal support orders, we find that the circuit court erred in imputing rental income to the wife from two residential properties held in trust for her and her brother’s benefit. At the time of trial ...

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Grasty v. Commonwealth (VLW No. 017-7-289, 8 pp.) (Humphreys, J.) Appealed from Newport News Circuit Court (Sugg, J.) Va. App. Pub. Holding:  Appellant driver was convicted of a third or subsequent offense of driving on a suspended or revoked license ...

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Hubbard v. Hubbard (VLW No. 017-7-248, 6 pp.) (Humphreys, J.) Record No. 0197-17-2. Appealed from the Circuit Court of Chesterfield County (Johnson, J.) Holding: Where the circuit court ruled that the appellant-husband failed to produce any direct evidence of his ...

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A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals, granted a petition for appeal for a defendant charged with robbery, attempted carjacking, and conspiracy to commit carjacking, it found that the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to strike all ...

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A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals, granted a petition for appeal for a defendant charged with robbery, attempted carjacking, and conspiracy to commit carjacking, it found that the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to strike all ...

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A trial court did not err in concluding that a warrant to search defendant’s residence was not tainted by a protective sweep of the residence after defendant’s arrest elsewhere and while police waited for a search warrant to issue; the ...

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