A defendant who, at age 17, armed himself and his 14-year-old brother and told their mother they were off to play basketball at a rec center, but who instead confronted two other teens on their bikes, and shot and severely ...

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A former state corrections official who won her state grievance after she was involuntarily demoted wins her appeal in the Virginia Supreme Court after the Department of Corrections attempted to comply with the hearing officer’s order of reinstatement by transferring ...

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A man who pleaded guilty to two lesser-included misdemeanor offense of assault and battery after being charged with two felonies is not entitled to have the felony arrest record expunged, the Supreme Court of Virginia holds. The man was charged ...

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A divided Supreme Court of Virginia has held that six MRIs performed by a radiology group over three years amounted to continuous treatment of a woman who suffered from numbness and pain on the right side of her face. Because ...

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Three bills backed by the Virginia Family Law Coalition, including one that would overturn a Supreme Court decision from last April, are working their way through the General Assembly with little opposition. The Supreme Court opinion, Gilliam v. McGrady (VLW ...

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At defendant’s trial for grand larceny of an automobile under Va. Code § 18.2-95, the commonwealth’s use of the National Automobile Dealer’s Association “blue book” of vehicle values to prove value in excess of $200, as authorized by Code § ...

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The Supreme Court of Virginia reverses a defendant’s DUI conviction because the trial court erred in admitting a certificate of analysis from a blood test after a police officer arrested defendant for a misdemeanor offense not committed in the officer’s ...

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A trial court had inherent authority to defer disposition of a defendant’s charge of assaulting an officer, the Supreme Court of Virginia says. In Moreau v. Fuller, we considered whether a court, having taken a criminal case under advisement for ...

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The Supreme Court of Virginia appeared to clear the way Thursday for judges to defer judgment in criminal cases and enter a finding of not guilty even when they find the law and facts sufficient for a finding of guilt. ...

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There was sufficient evidence to convict defendant of robbery for grabbing cash from a convenience store cash register, after struggling with the cashier, but the Supreme Court of Virginia applies the “ends of justice” exception to reverse defendant’s conviction of ...

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