The Court of Appeals issued a published decision by order last week, and as it was an original jurisdiction matter, which is somewhat outside the purview of this Blawg, I thought I would wait a week to see if there was something more in the way of a published...
The Court of Appeals of Virginia issued a single published opinion today. The subject matter of the appeal is one of increasing concern in our nation, elder abuse. Catherine Ann Tomlin v. Commonwealth of Virginia involves charges of financially exploiting an...
The Court of Appeals issues two published decisions today, one as an opinion and one as a published order (following two published order released mid-February). The Court of Appeals has not typically issued published orders with the same frequency as the Supreme...
Time for another patented rant. There have been a number of news stories dealing with Virginia politics and politicians that have raised my hackles lately. [Ed. Note: the phrase "raise my hackles" refers to hairs or a ruff of fur on the back of an animal’s neck that...
Just over 13 months ago I started this Blawg and one of the first posts involved an unpublished opinion which was worthy of a mention because it demonstrated a trap for the unwary when timing the filing of transcripts. At the end of the post, I noted that the...