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Two Opinions, one Dissent, and a Wholly Unsurprising Decision on a Rehearing En Banc

There were two published opinions, but three published decisions from the Court of Appeals. Because the decision was that the Court has...

Two Published Criminal Case Opinions — One With a Dissent

The Court of Appeals of Virginia released two published opinions this week, both from criminal cases. In Timothy James Suhay v....

Oral Argument the Way it Was Meant to Be

This is a long post which, as a true pedant, I naturally started with some history that is mostly irrelevant to the story (but darn...

Introducing the Icarus Index

Readers of the Blawg of the Sage of Virginia Beach are familiar with the David-Goliath Index in which Steve Emmert reports of the...

Is there a Correlation Between Being an Appellate Procedure Geek and a Data Geek? Most Likely. Her

I am proud to say that in addition to being a “procedural geek,” I am also a “data geek.” I am fascinated by looking at statistics about...

Court of Appeals Issues First Rule 5A:27(b) Opinion

An event of some note occurred on July 28, 2022, but it received little fanfare. Indeed, I am somewhat chagrined that I was not more...

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