At defendant’s trial for cocaine and heroin distribution, third or subsequent offense, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting into evidence two prior conviction orders for drug-re­lated charges; the Court of Appeals up­holds defendant’s convictions. Although defendant ...

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An elementary school teacher who ac­quired an 11-year-old student’s cell phone number, and then sent texts stating he was “cute” and she wanted to kiss him and wished he was 18 years old, and who sent him photos of herself ...

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An elementary school teacher who ac­quired an 11-year-old student’s cell phone number, and then sent texts stating he was “cute” and she wanted to kiss him and wished he was 18 years old, and who sent him photos of herself ...

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At defendant’s trial for unlawful dissem­ination of nude images of his wife, from whom he was separated, the trial court did not err in finding James City County, where wife viewed the postings, was a proper ven­ue to prosecute the ...

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A trial court did not err in denying defendant’s motion to dismiss 46 counts of child pornography possession based on an alleged violation of the five-month period of the speedy trial statute; the Court of Appeals affirms denial of the ...

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A trial court did not err in admitting into evidence a copy of wife’s conviction and sentencing orders for malicious wounding of husband and use of a firearm; although the Court of Appeals reversed wife’s convictions, she entered Alford pleas ...

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The Court of Appeals reverses defendant motorist’s bench-trial conviction of aggravated malicious wounding based on a theory that defendant caused a victim’s injuries by striking the victim’s motorcycle with his car; the trial court erred in excluding evidence of the ...

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Evidence of three certified orders showing defendant previously pled guilty to failure to register as a sex offender, a state trooper’s testimony that defendant told the trooper he had not re-registered, and testimony from a woman who occupied an address ...

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A defendant who challenged the prosecutor’s use of peremptory strikes against four African-American jurors waives his appellate claim under Rule 5A:18 because he merely noted his objection to the trial judge’s acceptance of the proffered race-neutral explanations for the strike, ...

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A defendant’s convictions of a hotel-room robbery of a Canadian mother and daughter vacationing near Washington, D.C., are reversed because the trial court erred in allowing a detective to testify as to the content of an anonymous tip he received ...

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