AG's Office shares instructions for consumers eligible for Google settlement
RICHMOND, VA - Attorney General Jason Miyares issued a consumer alert on Dec. 10, informing Virginians on how to receive restitution from a 2023 settlement secured by Virginia ...More

Criminal: Evidence supports felon in possession conviction
RICHMOND, VA - Where a firearm was located within arm’s reach of the defendant when he was sitting in the driver’s seat, and he was the driver and purported owner of the vehicle, ...More

Criminal: Appeal was rendered moot by passage of time
RICHMOND, VA - Where the circuit court rules on a defendant’s timely motion for a sentence modification under Code § 19.2-303, but, by the time this court rules on the appeal, ...More

Criminal: Man convicted of rape of 11-year old
RICHMOND, VA - Where the record supported a man’s convictions for abduction, abduction with intent to defile and possession of child pornography, they were affirmed. Background                                        ...More

Criminal: Section 922(n) survives post-Bruen attack
RICHMOND, VA - Where a man charged with violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) argued the statute  violated the Second Amendment, this challenge failed. The statute is consistent with three ...More

Immigration: BIA’s rejection of particular social group was deficient
RICHMOND, VA - Where the Board of Immigration Appeals made a conclusory judgment that the petitioner’s particular social group was “circular per se,” without conducting a fact-based, ...More

Criminal: Sentencing enhancement applied to kidnapper
RICHMOND, VA - Where a man employed a gun to convey an imminent threat during the kidnapping of his estranged wife, he “used” a dangerous weapon in furtherance of the crime of ...More