Summary and Analysis of Four Published Opinions of the Court of Appeals of Virginia
I freely admit that this post is overdue. The last several weeks have seen some frenetic activity in the Virginia Appellate Lawyer...
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Jul 10, 202112 min read
Summary and Analysis of Three Published Opinions of the Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals released three published opinions and five unpublished opinions today. If one didn’t know better, you might suspect...
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Jun 18, 20219 min read
Summary and Analysis of Court of Appeals Published Opinion from 6/8/2021
Blake Andrew Mitchell, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia is a published opinion from the Court of Appeals from a case previously refused an...
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Jun 10, 20215 min read
File this under “Go to Language for Every Appeal Where the Standard is Abuse of Discreation
I try to stay in my lane of summarizing and commenting on Virginia Court of Appeals’ opinions, leaving the commentary on the Mighty Seven...
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Jun 3, 20212 min read
Summary and Analysis of May 25, 2021 Opinion of the Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals released just one published opinion this week. Rakim Malik Nottingham v. Commonwealth of Virginia involves two...
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May 31, 20213 min read
The Court of Appeals Issues One Published Opinion – But why?
Today the Court of Appeals released one published opinion. The question to my mind is “Why?” Richard Roosevelt Hill v. Commonwealth of...
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May 18, 20214 min read
Double negative, Justice Goodwyn?
The Supreme Court of Virginia released one published opinion this morning. White v. Llewellyn is an interesting read if you find...
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May 6, 20212 min read
Three published opinions from the Court of Appeals
I missed getting analysis and discussion of last week’s opinions as I was busy doing other law stuff (an essay about which will be posted...
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May 5, 20217 min read
Summary and Analysis of One Published Opinion of the Court of Appeals of Virginia from April 13, 202
Today’s only published opinion from the Court of Appeals, Jason Laufetette Brooks v. Commonwealth of Virginia, comes to the Court from...
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Apr 14, 20214 min read
Summary and Analysis of Published Opinions of the Court of Appeals of Virginia from April 6, 2021
This week, the Court of Appeals issued two published opinions, one which covered old ground about the liability of a member of a mob for...
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Apr 9, 20216 min read
A New Published Opinion from a (Soon to Be) New and Improved Court of Appeals
Yesterday, the Court of Appeals issued its first published opinion in three weeks. Today, Governor Northam signed into law Senate Bill...
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Apr 1, 20215 min read
Summary and Analysis of Published Opinion of the Court of Appeals, March 9, 2021
Toni Sue Stacey v. Commonwealth of Virginia addresses an issue that is normally confined to the general district courts and which is,...
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Mar 14, 20213 min read
Summary and Analysis of Published Opinion of the Court of Appeals, March 2, 2021
The lone published opinion from the Court of Appeals of Virginia today is Juan Luis Lopez v. Commonwealth of Virginia. What immediately...
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Mar 3, 20214 min read
I heard it through the grapevine . . .
Yes, there is an appellate law grapevine, and it was all abuzz yesterday from a reliable rumor that the expansion of the jurisdiction...
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Mar 2, 20212 min read
Summary and Analysis of Published Opinions of the Court of Appeals, February 23, 2021
I freely admit that this post is overdue. But I have the good excuse that I have actually been drawing some interest in my new role as...
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Feb 26, 20219 min read
Etymology and the Law: Of Fatted Calves, Innkeepers, and Putting Up at a Hotel
There is a story, possibly apocryphal, that when a new English translation of the Bible was being edited the committee charged with...
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Feb 15, 20213 min read
Hey Judges! Here’s Some Advice: Si Tacuisses, Philosophus Mansisses
The maxim, Si Tacuisses, Philosophus Mansisses is often attributed to the Latin philosopher Boethius. An exact translation is “If you...
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Feb 14, 20215 min read
Of Carjackings and Appellate Unicorns
Continuing my review of cases handed down before this blog launched, I came across Fletcher v. Commonwealth, a published decision from...
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Feb 14, 20214 min read
Yes, Virginia, There is Private Prosecution . . . But It’s Rarely a Good Idea
Private prosecutions are not a unique feature of Virginia law and the practice is even common in some states. In Virginia, however, the...
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Feb 12, 20213 min read
The Legislature is Debating Whether to Get Rid of Mandatory Minimum Sentences. A jury in the City o
Norman L. Blowe, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia 10/27/2020. It was not disputed that, in Blowe’s trial for two counts of production of...
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Feb 11, 20212 min read