A defendant who participated in a robbery that started when a gunman grabbed a waitress who came outside to empty trash, and then moved inside the Hooters restaurant, forcing a cook to move to an office door, can be convicted ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms felony child neglect convictions for a mother who left her four children – ages 1, 3, 5 and 7 years old – alone in a hotel room for an extended period of time. A hotel ...

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Although a police officer said that he had “found something” in the car defen­dant was driving, defendant’s statement that it did not belong to him was not enough to overturn his conviction of mari­juana possession with intent to distribute third ...

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A defendant who apparently contin­ued to send an ex-girlfriend anonymous text messages after he was released from jail for his 19 misdemeanor vio­lations of the protective order she had obtained against him, and who fright­ened her by twice following her ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms defendant’s convictions of grand larceny and felony pri­vate property destruction based on evidence that a real estate agent who came to a house to remove the “for sale” sign discovered de­fendant and another man inside ...

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A split panel says a trial court did not err in applying the inevitable discovery doctrine to admit evidence of the drugs found on defendant’s person, and the Court of Appeals affirms defendant’s convictions of possession of cocaine and marijuana. ...

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A defendant’s 12 convictions arising out of four separate sales of alcoholic beverages without a license did not constitute double jeopardy and violate Va. Code § 19.2-294, and the Court of Appeals affirms defendant’s convictions. On Feb. 7, Feb. 22, ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Rudolph Bumgardner III Virginia Court of Appeals

A split panel says a trial court did not err in applying the inevitable discovery doctrine to admit evidence of the drugs found on defendant’s person, and the Court of Appeals affirms defendant’s convictions of possession of cocaine and marijuana. ...

Tagged with: Judge Rudolph Bumgardner III Search & Seizure Virginia Court of Appeals

A defendant’s 12 convictions arising out of four separate sales of alcoholic beverages without a license did not constitute double jeopardy and violate Va. Code § 19.2-294, and the Court of Appeals affirms defendant’s convictions. On Feb. 7, Feb. 22, ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds a protective order providing for supervised visitation, entered on a petition by the local social services department, based on sufficient evidence that appellant’s daughter was abused or neglected; the trial court found father used the ...

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