John S. Koehler
Mar 22, 20235 min read
Court of Appeals examines Code § 19.2-306.1 again, and deal with a lost will and the 6th Amendment
We get three new published opinions today from the Court of Appeals. The first will be of interest to criminal defenders and prosecutors...
John S. Koehler
Mar 15, 20237 min read
Court of Appeals Wades into the “Using a Vehicle” Swamp
The Court of Appeals issued only one new published decision today, but it is a doozie. If you noticed the italics in the lede, you have...
John S. Koehler
Mar 9, 20238 min read
Phew! A Pro Se Litigant Cannot Seek Disbarment of a Prosecutor in Circuit Court -- 3 other opinions.
[Editor’s note: the final case summarized today is probably the one that will be most relevant to the general practice of law as it...
John S. Koehler
Mar 1, 20236 min read
Dating Apps are the New Discos – and More Dangerous. Three New Opinions from the Court of Appeals.
The Court of Appeals released three published opinions today. The first of these involves an increasingly common phenomenon of a woman...
John S. Koehler
Feb 22, 20234 min read
Court of Appeals Issues Significant Fourth Amendment Decision
The Court of Appeals issued a single published decision today applying the exclusionary rule to evidence recovered from a warrantless...
John S. Koehler
Feb 15, 20233 min read
Something old . . . something new (but nothing borrowed or blue)
The Court of Appeals released two new published opinions today . . . sort of. One of those opinions was from a rehearing in Osman v....
John S. Koehler
Feb 12, 20239 min read
Judicial Arithmetic: Three Published Case From the Court of Appeals Result in Six Opinions
Your humble correspondent regrets the delay in posting summaries of the three published decisions from the Court of Appeals from Tuesday,...
John S. Koehler
Jan 26, 20237 min read
Four Decisions From January 24, 2023
Your humble correspondent has learned a valuable lesson today. When drafting a missive for this space, do not assume that "Autosave" is...
John S. Koehler
Jan 18, 20237 min read
CAV Reverses Conversion Claim Based on Abandoned Vehicle Act; Decides Marijuana Possession Appeal
The Court of Appeals issued two published decisions today. In CB & PB Enterprises, LLC, et al v. Bryant McCants, the Court address as an...
John S. Koehler
Jan 11, 20239 min read
Four Opinions to Start off 2023
After taking a break on the first week of the year, the Court of Appeals of Virginia released 4 published opinions today and also granted...
John S. Koehler
Dec 30, 20224 min read
Court of Appeals Sneaks in a Final Opinion for 2022 with First Impression Med Mal Case
Presumably due to the long Christmas weekend, the Court of Appeals dropped one published and several published opinion today, rather than...
John S. Koehler
Dec 21, 20229 min read
Two presents and one lump of coal in two published opinions from the Court of Appeals
Santa made an early delivery to two sets of appellate litigants today, with two reversals and one affirmance. Wait, what? Two opinions...
John S. Koehler
Dec 7, 20227 min read
Court of Appeals Rules that VRS is not Liable for Benefits Under Divorce Decree
The Court of Appeals issued three published opinions today, and while the two criminal appeals will have some interest for those involved...
John S. Koehler
Nov 30, 20225 min read
Halloween in November? Court of Appeals decides Cemetery Access Case, two other appeals
Well, it's almost the end of November, but we get a spooky little opinion from the Court of Appeals today as one of three published...
John S. Koehler
Nov 23, 20228 min read
Four Opinions and one Rehearing Grant
The Court of Appeals released four published opinions today, and also announced the grant of a rehearing. Let's start with the rehearing...
John S. Koehler
Nov 16, 20226 min read
Four Appeals from the Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals issued two opinions last week, but a day later than usual owing to the election day holiday, and issued two more...
John S. Koehler
Nov 9, 20223 min read
Two Appeals from last week . . . neither one in a criminal matter
The Court of Appeals broke a long string of issuing cases only in criminal matters (assuming you count the expungement decision from...
John S. Koehler
Nov 9, 20222 min read
One more opinion from October . . . and it's a victory for the defendant perhaps (well, sort of).
The last published opinion issued in October by the Court of Appeals is Osman Osman v. Commonwealth of Virginia. Osman was convicted by a...
John S. Koehler
Nov 9, 20225 min read
Two New Opinions from the Court of Appeals on October 18, 2022
Still playing catch-up, we have two new opinions from October 18, 2022 from the Court of Appeals. Anthony Patrick Washington v....
John S. Koehler
Nov 9, 20222 min read
October 11, 2022 Opinion from the Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals issued a single opinion on October 11, 2022, reversing and remanding in Alejandra Isabel Obregon v. Commonwealth of...