Accusations of discovery lapses may be common in civil litigation, but what does a lawyer do when his opponent simply ignores routine discovery requests? While attorneys agree it’s rare for a litigant to make no response whatsoever to standard written ...

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For many in Virginia, he was the face of the Supreme Court of Virginia. For years, a generation of lawyers had known no other chief justice. Former Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harry L. Carrico died Jan. 27 in Richmond. ...

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In the beginning there were three. Clerks, that is. Fifty years ago this month, the Supreme Court of Virginia hired its first class of judicial law clerks. And that first class had three members: John Pedigo, law clerk for Justice ...

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In the latest in a series of cases involving an accused found in a drunken condition in a parked vehicle with the keys in the ignition switch, the Supreme Court adds this case to the list of those allowing conviction ...

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A bail bondsman licensed in another state but not in Virginia does not have authority to enter Virginia and apprehend a fugitive bailee, and the Virginia Supreme Court upholds convictions for attempted abduction and use of a firearm for a ...

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A respondent adjudicated as a sexually violent predator, up for his first annual review, has not demonstrated that he no longer needs secure inpatient treatment, and the Supreme Court of Virginia reverses a circuit court’s order granting conditional release. Respondent ...

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In this underage defendant’s prosecution for a gang-related shooting in which he struck a Lynchburg taxicab driver, causing him to crash his car into a tree, the Supreme Court of Virginia says a jury could sentence defendant over his objection. ...

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A defendant discovered passed-out behind the wheel of a vehicle, with the key in the ignition turned to the “on” or “accessory” position, was “operating” the vehicle under Virginia law, and the Supreme Court of Virginia affirms his conviction of ...

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A defendant convicted on an Alford plea for the rape of his 12-year-old stepdaughter violated the terms of his probation when he refused to admit his guilt during the course of court-ordered treatment as a sex offender, says the Supreme ...

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In its 25 years of serving impaired attorneys, Lawyers Helping Lawyers has reached out to lawyers wherever they can: at home, in the office, even in judges’ chambers. But one longtime supporter says they’ve only touched the “tip of the ...

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