The Court of Appeals upholds convictions of forcible sodomy and object sexual penetration for a man who repeatedly molested his daughter’s 13-year-old friend, telling the friend that if she told anyone about his conduct, his own daughter would kill herself. ...

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A Halloween reveler who placed himself between the homeowner and police who were responding to a noise complaint and then advised the homeowner to extinguish a large bonfire because of a statewide ban can be convicted of obstruction of justice ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Robert P. Frank Virginia Court of Appeals

A property owner’s testimony (without objection) that the 60 feet of attached copper downspouts stolen from her home were worth more than $200 was sufficient proof of valuation to support defendant’s conviction for grand larceny under Va. Code § 18.2-95, ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Robert P. Frank Virginia Court of Appeals

A circuit court exceeded its authority when it vacated denial of unemployment comp and ordered reinstatement of benefits to a convenience store manager who was terminated for violating a company policy about purchase of food while on duty; the Court ...

Tagged with: Judge D. Arthur Kelsey Virginia Court of Appeals

A cocaine defendant who did not comply with Va. Code § 19.2-187.1 and request the forensic analyst’s presence during trial waived his rights under the Confrontation Clause and the Due Process Clause, and the Court of Appeals affirms his drug ...

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After conducting a two-week surveillance during which police observed defendant conducting apparent hand-to-hand drug transactions from his Jeep, police had reasonable articulable suspicion, under an objective standard to detain him, and his subsequent 25-minute wait for the canine unit did ...

Tagged with: Search & Seizure Virginia Court of Appeals

Although a hearing officer found that a father did not intend to harm his 15-year-old daughter when he displayed a loaded firearm to his daughter to express frustration with her behavior, his display of the weapon in the presence of ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge Robert J. Humphreys Virginia Court of Appeals

A defendant who claimed a companion from an evening of gambling owed her $300, and who pulled a gun and escorted several gambling companions first around a trailer and then around Farmville in an effort to collect the gambling debt, ...

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A Metro Transit Police Officer is a “law enforcement officer” under Va. Code § 18.2-57(C), and the Court of Appeals upholds defendant’s conviction for assault of a law enforcement officer for striking the officer in the face with his fist ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge James W. Haley Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

A husband was in civil contempt when he stopped providing health insurance for wife, as required under the parties’ agreement as incorporated into their final divorce decree, and the Court of Appeals upholds the contempt order against husband. Husband argues ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Randolph A. Beales Virginia Court of Appeals