The motion to strike out evidence in Virginia may be directed against a particular item of evidence, the testimony of a particular witness, or it may be used to strike all the evidence. This article deals with the motion to strike out all the evidence of one of the parties to the litiga- tion.
C.C.P. § 436 allows for a motion to strike “any irrelevant, false, or improper matter asserted in any pleading” or portion of a pleading “not drawn of filed in conformity with the laws of this state.” A motion to strike is proper “when a substantive defect is clear from the face of a complaint.” (PH II, Inc.
Rule . — All final judgments, orders, and decrees, irrespective of terms of court, remain under the control of the trial court and may be modified, vacated, or suspended for twenty-one days after the date of entry, and no longer.
Rule 3.8(d) requires a prosecutor “make timely disclosure” of the “existence of evidence” that the prosecutor knows tends to negate the guilt of the accused, mitigate the degree of the offense, or reduce the punishment, but the rule does not specify what form that disclosure must take, nor whether disclosure requires ...
When the Special Justice permits the individual to be a CMA, the individual is required to accept a “minimum period of treatment.” ing to the Virginia Code, the individual is required to stay in the hospital for a minimum of 72 hours and, after that period, is required to give 48 hours notice of their desire to ...
The change to the system that allows reduced sentences in Virginia — proposed by Democrats — increased how much time someone can trim off their prison sentence from 4.5 days of credits per 30 days served to 15 days for every 30 days served.
As with all motions, a motion to strike must state with particularity the grounds for seeking the order to strike, as well as the relief sought. FRCP 7(b); Smart Code®. Under FRCP 12(f), the court may strike from a pleading an insufficient defense or any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter.
After being served with a complaint, a defendant has to decide how to initially respond. There are two options—filing a pre-answer motion or filing an answer: 1.