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Where unlawful wounding proscribed by Virginia Code § 18.2-51 meets the criteria for a crime of violence, and where Virginia murder’s requirement of extreme recklessness satisfies the mens rea of a “crime of violence,” the defendant’s contrary arguments were rejected. Background The issue is whether offenses under 18 U.S.C. § 1959 (violent crimes in aid ...
The Fairfax Circuit Court recently issued an opinion addressing questions related to Virginia’s Dead Man Statute that arose in two separate cases. Section 8.01-397 of the Virginia Code,...
Dozens of other transgender people, parents of transgender children, and advocates, spoke out against the Youngkin administration’s new model policies. About half as many supported the administration's guidelines.
Norfolk Police are investigating a reported attack on a 16-year-old girl at school. Her mother says four other students attacked her daughter Tatiana at Lake Taylor High School.
Where one Virginia statute denies non-Virginia-barred attorneys remote access to records otherwise available at the courthouse, and another statute prevents individuals who have remote access from selling, posting or redistributing data obtained from these records to third parties, the statutes don’t violate the First Amendment. They are narrowly tailored to serve significant governmental interests. Background ...