Where a nursing home employee injured her back while transferring a client from a wheelchair into a car, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission correctly determined that her injury arose from the conditions of her employment. Those conditions included the employee, ...

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The trial court’s decision to admit appellee to bail is vacated because the court made no findings that appellee was neither a flight risk nor a danger to the public. Overview “In March 2019, Watson was indicted for a November ...

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Where the general district court issued a capias for contempt after appellant failed to appear, appellant has waived any argument that the circuit court could not take judicial notice of the capias. Appellant waived his objection when he introduced evidence ...

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The trial court correctly denied father’s motion to correct a visitation order because the court determined there was no error to correct. The court properly sanctioned father. Mother is awarded attorney’s fees and costs on appeal. Overview The parties divorced ...

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Where appellant did not comply with any probation conditions and asked for a continuance, the trial court correctly determined that the COVID-19 pandemic had “minimal, if any, impact” on appellant’s failure. The court correctly considered the judicial order directing courts ...

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There was sufficient circumstantial evidence from which the trial court could conclude that appellant was the person who killed the victim. In the trial court Addison was charged with voluntary manslaughter in connection with the death of Chalkley. Chalkley’s body, ...

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Where appellant sought a protective order against police officers who issued her a trespass citation, her subsequent perjury conviction for statements she made at the protective order hearing will not be reviewed on appeal under the “ends of justice” exception ...

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Where the trial court refused to give appellant’s proposed jury instruction on the lesser-included offense of voluntary manslaughter, his second-degree murder conviction is reversed and the case is remanded for a new trial “if the Commonwealth be so inclined.” Overview ...

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Appellant has waived his assignment of error that there was insufficient evidence to convict him of driving on a revoked license because he has not explained how the two cited cases in his appellate brief support his argument. Overview Police ...

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Where appellant’s minor daughter called three family members and 911 because she was “real scared” about appellant’s erratic driving, she was not a child “in need of services” as defined by statute, and appellant’s conviction of contributing to the delinquency ...

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