tloojs
Jan 12, 20228 min read
Court of Appeals Rings in the New Year (a little late) with Three Opinions
The Court of Appeals took a break the first week of 2022 but issued three published opinions today (and 4 unpublished). It will be some...
tloojs
Dec 29, 20213 min read
Court of Appeals Sends 2021 Out with More of a Whimper than a Bang
With only one published opinion today and nary an unpublished opinion, the Court of Appeals of Virginia is sending 2021 out with more of...
tloojs
Dec 22, 20213 min read
Early Christmas Gift to One Litigant from the Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals issued a single opinion today, and with it delivered an early Christmas present to the appellant in Michael B....
tloojs
Dec 15, 20219 min read
Three New Published Opinions from the Court of Appeals
At this season of the year with the joy of religious celebrations and festivities for the coming of the New Year, it is unfortunate — but...
tloojs
Dec 8, 20216 min read
Court of Appeals Issues Administrative Law Opinion — Now that I’ve Lost Your Attention,
Anyone who reads this blog with any regularity knows that the one topic quicker to put your humble correspondent off his feed than any...
tloojs
Dec 1, 20216 min read
I am guessing they skipped Thanksgiving this year . . .
The sole published opinion from the Court of Appeals today is from cross-appeals in a dissolution of marriage case. I am guess that the...
tloojs
Nov 26, 202111 min read
Court of Appeals Releases Four Opinions Before Long Thanksgiving Break
With the state government taking an extended break for Thanksgiving, the Court of Appeals issued 4 published opinions and 3 unpublished...
tloojs
Nov 17, 20217 min read
Court of Appeals of Virginia Affirms Conviction of “Unite the Right” Rally Killer
In the short time that this blawg has been in existence, I have had the pleasure of meeting several of its readers. The most common...
tloojs
Nov 10, 20215 min read
Three Criminal Appeals From the Court of Appeals: One defendant wins her appeal for a second time, t
Following your humble correspondent’s first appearance as an advocate before the Supreme Court of Virginia this morning, his schedule has...
tloojs
Oct 27, 20217 min read
Three More Opinions for the Court of Appeals (sort of) – Three more Affirmances (mostly)
William R. Winters v. Cleome J. Winters, is, as the case suggests, a domestic relations case, but what it actually involves is the...
tloojs
Oct 13, 20214 min read
Lightning Strikes Twice in One Day at the Court of Appeals — Two Criminal Cases Reversed
To say that Virginia’s Court of Appeals never reverses a criminal conviction would be an exaggeration. In truth, all appellate courts...
tloojs
Oct 6, 20216 min read
Just the Facts, Ma’am . . . If a Court of Appeals Opinion Puts You in Mind of Dragnet, You Jus
As this post’s headline intimates, when I began reading the sole published opinion of the Court of Appeal today, I immediately harkened...
tloojs
Oct 3, 20215 min read
Just Because I Heard You Say It Doesn’t Make it Hearsay
The Court of Appeals released its first published opinion of the new “term” on Tuesday – yes, I know that the appellate court’s in...
tloojs
Aug 31, 20213 min read
Do away with Assignments of Error? I Think Not, Mr. O’Keeffe.
Fellow Appellate Blawger James J. O’Keeffe has a provocative post on his website which I picked up on Linked-In and commented there and...
tloojs
Aug 25, 20216 min read
A Divided Panel of the Court of Appeals Issues an Opinion that is Cause for Alarm Among the Trial an
In the film A Fish Called Wanda, when the character portrayed by Kevin Kline is confronted with the failure of another of his schemes to...
tloojs
Aug 13, 202116 min read
An overdue compendium summarizing and providing commentary on published opinions from the Court of A
The summer doldrums (and some real legal work) have delayed reporting on recent published opinions of the Court of Appeals of Virginia...
tloojs
Jul 28, 20214 min read
Analysis of Published Opinions from the Court of Appeals Released on 7/27/2021 (Part I)
The Court of Appeals released three published opinions Tuesday. As I am hunkered down in the Virginia Appellate Lawyer Social Media...
tloojs
Jul 23, 20215 min read
The US Supreme Court’s October 2020 Term In Review
Overview of the October 2020 Term: A Year of Transition The Supreme Court began hearing cases for the term on October 5, 2020. The...
tloojs
Jul 21, 20213 min read
Court of Appeals Issues Opinion on Spousal Rape
Kelly Lamont Poole v. Commonwealth of Virginia involves a conviction under Code § 18.2-61(A), Virginia’s non-consensual rape statute (as...
tloojs
Jul 14, 20214 min read
Can you escape from electronic home detention? YES says the Court of Appeals of Virginia
Circumstances at the Virginia Appellate Lawyer Social Media Bunker permit to address the single published opinion of the Court of Appeals...