Rule 7C:5 - Discovery (a)Application of Rule. This Rule applies only to the prosecution for a misdemeanor which may be punished by confinement in jail and to a preliminary hearing for a felony.
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 petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging a criminal conviction or sentence, except as provided in Rule A for cases in which the death penalty has been imposed, shall be filed within two years from the date of the final judgment in the trial court or within one year from either final disposition of the ...
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 ...
In 2020, Virginia's Democratic-controlled General Assembly passed the law increasing the previous cap of 4.5 days off a sentence for every 30 days served to 15 days off every month.
(1) Unless the court upon motion, for the convenience of parties and witnesses and in the interests of justice, orders otherwise, methods of discovery may be used in any sequence and the fact that a party is conducting discovery, whether by deposition or otherwise, shall not operate to delay any other party's discovery ...
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.
If a request, response, or objection is not signed, it shall be stricken unless it is signed promptly after the omission is called to the attention of the party making the request, response, or objection, and a party shall not be obligated to take any action with respect to it until it is signed.
Rule . Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken. (a) Within this Commonwealth. Within this Commonwealth depositions may be taken before any person authorized by law to administer oaths, and if certified by his hand may be received without proof of the signature to such certificate.