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Default, dear Brutus , is not in our stars, But in ourselves

Ok, I am quite sure I am not the first to butcher the Bard when the legal issue is a default judgment, but with only one new opinion from...

The Most Frequently Ignored Advice -- "KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!" ignored, and Easements Not Public

Today the Court of Appeals gives us two published opinions Darren Thornton, s/k/a Darren Lamar Thornton v. Commonwealth of Virginia...

No Transcript, No Statement of Facts? No Appeal! – and a Few Less Pleasant Memories

The Sage of Virginia Beach, Steve Emmert, has again strayed into my territory with a three topic essay. The first topic of which is to...

Why English Majors are Better at Grasping the Universe than Physicists (or Attorneys)

The two gentleman here are Kurt Grelling and Leonard Nelson, and they are responsible for many undergraduate students of mathematics and...

In which we learn about Silencers, the History of Booze in Virginia, and a Despicable Scam

The Court of Appeals of Virginia released three published opinions this week. Brian Kuang-Ming Welsh v. Commonwealth of Virginia involves...

You always remember your first time . . .

This week, the same day that I was in Norfolk presenting an argument to the Court of Appeals of Virginia, I received the mandate...

4 New Opinions and an En Banc Grant

The Court of Appeals of Virginia released 4 published opinions this week and also announced the granting of a petition for rehearing en...

2 Criminal Decisions, 1 Worker's Compensation & 1 Domestic Case -- What happened to the new regime?

Four new decisions from the Court of Appeals today, and the first one starts off with a bang, or rather a bang-bang-bang. Patrick...

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