So, I'm looking up how to prove knowledge that drugs in possession are controlled substances and I remember the Virginia Supreme Court ...

 The highlight of this week's new opinions from the Virginia Court of Appeals is Barrow v. Commonwealth , AUG24, VaApp no. 0769-23-1. In...

 Farm use tags were an idea born out of good intentions. A farmer could use a vehicle dedicated to his farm to transport things along a road...

Does a citizen of another country need to have a Virginia License? Under § 46.2-308 , a new resident of Virginia has a six (6) month window ...

 "Rule 1:1 does not require incantation; it requires specificity."  Rule 1.1 of the Supreme Court of Virginia is that the Final Or...

 I'm breaking down the published cases in Virginia from March thru now ( I do this every year ) and I ran across Tomlin v. Commonwealth...

Trying to catch up on cases I haven't read yet and ran across U.S. v. Reed which is your (sadly) fairly typical case where some yahoo fi...

  . . . but only if the General Assembly says so. The Virginian Courts Appellate have been rather clear on this: When considering multiple p...

 So, I am writing a petition for an appeal (yes, prosecutors in Virginia still have to petition for an appeal) and I'm reading thru a ra...

   For a fairly simple concept (play stupid games win stupid prizes), contempt of court has been subject to all sorts of legislation and cas...

My highlights of the last year's criminal law cases out of Virginia (year ending 01 March 2023). The entire breakdown of the law can be ...

I just saw something I never thought I'd see: a Court of Appeals judge in Virginia quoting New York and Oregon law as persuasive in inte...

 I was looking at CLE's and the next button over was available positions, so I meandered over to have a look. Lots of offices are hiring...

I am breaking down last month's cases from the Courts Appellate Virginian and I trip over Artis v. Commonwealth , JAN23, VaApp no. 1407-...

A lecturer at the CLE I'm currently attending asked whether Virginia has the "lustful disposition" evidence rule allowing unad...

I'm reading an opinion in which the Virginia Supreme Court granted a Writ of Actual Innocence in a child molestation case. One of the vi...

Admittedly, I'd rework this some - it was a bit of a rush job. I would at least add a paragraph or two about the rule of statutory inter...

Every so often a law comes along that is so poorly written that it can't even be laughed off. Still, you know what they call a mistake m...

    1. Powers the Bar Claims   2. Actual Powers: The Primary Enabling Statute      3. Actual Powers: Article One   4. Actual Powers: Ar...

  1. Powers the Bar Claims   2. Actual Powers: The Primary Enabling Statute      3. Actual Powers: Article One   4. Actual Powers: Arti...

  1. Powers the Bar Claims   2. Actual Powers: The Primary Enabling Statute      3. Actual Powers: Article One   4. Actual Powers: Arti...

  1. Powers the Bar Claims   2. Actual Powers: The Primary Enabling Statute      3. Actual Powers: Article One   4. Actual Powers: Arti...

 Over at PrawfsBlawg, Gerard Magliocca isn't allowing comment on his dubious claim that  " plain meaning arguments are largely circ...