Although the circuit court’s order requires father to pay child support, it failed to include provisions related to health care coverage and unreimbursed medical expenses, as required by Va. Code § 20-60.3, and the Court of Ap­peals reverses the order ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals affirms defen­dant’s convictions of rape and abduction with intent to defile for an assault on his ex-fiancée, who died before his trial and whose preliminary hearing testi­mony was used at defendant’s trial. It is well established ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

A trial court erred in awarding $249,000 of marital debt to husband based on fac­tors that included wife’s interest in hus­band’s business, although the trial court said no evidence was presented on the value of the business assets and it ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

Although the trial court amended its sen­tencing order to include defendant’s guilty plea and sentence for rape of a child, his stepdaughter, the trial court did not thereby acquire plenary jurisdiction over the matter; it had no jurisdiction to consider ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

A defendant who claimed he “made up” the social security number – which belonged to a Loudoun County resident – that defendant used to obtain a mortgage loan for his Silver Spring, Md. home can be convicted of identity theft ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

A claimant who worked in a light-duty capacity on a courthouse custodial staff after a work-related injury, who was laid off because employer decided to out­source its custodial needs, did not prove that her inability to find work after she ...

Tagged with: Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

A circuit court did not err in dividing the marital share of husband’s military pension 55-45 in husband’s favor, in light of appointment of a conservator for hus­band due to his incapacity from a brain aneurysm suffered shortly after divorce ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

In sentencing defendant for pander­ing for using a mentally incapacitated young woman as a prostitute and taking all money she earned from clients, a tri­al court did not err in considering a re­corded jailhouse conversation in which defendant told his ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

A 16-year-old girl’s testimony that defen­dant pointed a gun in her face in order to gain access to her apartment and to steal a laptop, a cell phone and a Ziplock bag of change, pro­vided sufficient evidence that defendant used ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

Justice Stephen R. McCullough was invested as the 106th member of the Supreme Court of Virginia on May 23, at a ceremony featuring his family, his colleagues from the Court of Appeals and past co-workers at the Virginia Attorney General’s ...

Tagged with: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli Judge Marla Graff Decker Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Judge Stephen R. McCullough Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Justice Donald W. Lemons Justice Jane Marum Roush Supreme Court of Virginia