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...
John S. Koehler
Aug 11, 20239 min read
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...
John S. Koehler
Aug 2, 20237 min read
Three Appeals -- The Reversal Is Important
Last week the Court of Appeals issued a single opinion and then two more today, and while the Commonwealth was the appellee in all three,...
John S. Koehler
Jul 26, 20236 min read
A Rehearing En Banc is Granted and Another Blawger Drops a Gauntlet
While you, dear reader, ponder the meaning of the second half of the headline, let me first address the Rehearing Granted today in Katie...
John S. Koehler
Jul 12, 20235 min read
Two new opinions from the Court of Appeals After a Two Week Break
The Court of Appeals was silent for the last two weeks and was closed for Independence Day yesterday, the "usual" opinion day, so it was...
John S. Koehler
Jul 6, 20234 min read
Mixed Bag from the Court of Appeals
Three new opinions were published by the Court of Appeals of Virginia this week, and its a mixed bag with one criminal appeal, one...
John S. Koehler
Jun 16, 20234 min read
Welcome News From the Court of Appeals
Starting July 1, 2023, court-appointed counsel fees in the Court of Appeals of Virginia will rise significantly. Attorney's representing...
John S. Koehler
Jun 16, 20231 min read
An en banc grant and three decisions, two by split panels
Facing multiple deadlines in three different appellate courts, your humble correspondent is running a bit behind on the posting analysis...
John S. Koehler
Jun 8, 20237 min read
Two Decisions from the Court of Appeals Today are Hard to Reconcile
On November 22, 2022, your humble and obedient reported on the unpublished decision in Maust v. Commonwealth, 2-1 reversal of a criminal...
John S. Koehler
May 31, 20233 min read
The Tax Man Comes to Court, and Goes Away Empty Handed; Three New Opinions from the Court of Appeals
With the Court of Appeals sitting as a court of general appellate jurisdiction for almost 18 months, would think that there would not be...
John S. Koehler
May 24, 20235 min read
Well this is Awkward . . . One Published Opinion from the Court of Appeals
Of late it has be fairly rare for the Court of Appeals to issue a single published opinion, but that is what happened today, and wouldn't...
John S. Koehler
May 17, 20234 min read
An en banc "reversal" in a criminal case is likely headed to the Supreme Court & Four New Opinions
The Court of Appeals issued published opinions in four new appeals today and an en banc decision from a prior split-panel decision. The...
John S. Koehler
May 10, 20238 min read
Court Finds §8.01-271.1 Sanctions Appropriate, Decides Three Other Appeals in Published Opinions
The Court of Appeals decided five cases in four published opinions today. We start with the related appeals of Tiziano M. Scarabelli,...
John S. Koehler
May 3, 20235 min read
Court of Appeals Decisions appealed to the Supreme Court in April
The Court of Appeals announced cases that have been appealed to the Supreme Court in the last month. The Court also issued five new...
John S. Koehler
May 3, 20232 min read
One Appellant Loses by Winning and Another Wins, but Likely Will Have to Defend that Win in Richmond
We have two published opinions from the Court of Appeals today. One has the curious result of the appellant winning the battle but...
John S. Koehler
Apr 26, 20236 min read
Interference with Parental Rights, Ends of Justice and the Hypothesis of Innocence -- 3 CAV Opinions
We get three published opinions from the Court of Appeals today -- one which unsurprisingly finds that suing your wife's attorney and two...
John S. Koehler
Apr 19, 20235 min read
Shall I Compare Thee to a Mandatory Action or Merely a Directory One?
We get three new published opinions from the Court of Appeals this week, all from criminal cases. Travis Alexander Bland Henderson v....
John S. Koehler
Apr 13, 20236 min read
The Police Don't Owe You Three Steps Towards the Door . . . or Maybe They Do
When I started this “blawg” I indicated that I would concentrate on summarizing and commenting on the published opinion of the Court of...
John S. Koehler
Apr 8, 20233 min read
Three New Opinions and Five Appeals to the Supreme Court
This week we have three published opinions from the Court of Appeals – one from a criminal revocation case and two from the...
John S. Koehler
Apr 7, 20235 min read
My Arm Hurts from Self-Congratulatory Back-Patting – Rehearing en banc Granted & 3 Appeals Published
As predicted in this space a bare three weeks ago, the Court of Appeals has granted a rehearing en banc in Taylor Amil Wallace v....
John S. Koehler
Mar 29, 20237 min read