Courts Of Record
Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Circuit court judges; restricts appointment to office if General Assembly fails to elect. [HB-1338]
Appointment of judge by circuit court. Restricts the circuit courts from appointing to judicial office any person either house of the General Assembly failed to elect.
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Writ of actual innocence; petition by juvenile adjudicated delinquent upon felony charge. [HB-1308]
Writ of actual innocence for juveniles adjudicated delinquent. Provides that a juvenile adjudicated delinquent in a circuit court of an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult may petition the Supreme Court to issue a writ of actual innocence on the basis of biological or nonbiological evidence.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to circuit court. [SR-6]
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Judge; nomination for election to circuit court. [SR-13]
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to circuit court. [SR-11]
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Circuit court judges; increases number in Tenth Judicial Circuit. [SB-570]
Circuit courts; number of judges; Tenth Circuit. Adds a fourth circuit court judge to the Tenth Judicial Circuit.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Juveniles; trial as adults. [SB-419]
Juveniles; trial as adults. Allows prosecutors the discretion to have juveniles charged with violations of certain gang offenses and repeat violations of certain drug offenses to be transferred to the circuit court for trial as an adult. The bill also provides that juveniles charged with an offense defined as an act of violence, if previously adjudicated delinquent of an act of violence, are automatically transferred to the circuit court for trial as an adult.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Attorney General; may represent in civil matters a person appointed by circuit court judge. [SB-197]
Representation by Attorney General. Allows the Attorney General to represent in civil matters a person appointed by a circuit court judge in a written order to run an existing corporation or company as the judge's representative in the execution of a court order.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Sanctions with Unified Rapid Enforcement (SURE); created. [SB-111]
Sanctions with Unified Rapid Enforcement (SURE) probation program created. Creates a specialized probation program available to offenders who are on probation pursuant to a suspended sentence and have not been convicted of a violent felony. The program provides for immediate arrest of a probation violator whose violation is not another crime. The offender would then be subject to a minimum of three to 10 days in jail, with the terms of confinement escalating for each subsequent offense. Upon a fourth violation the offender would become ineligible
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to circuit court. [HR-14]
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Court of Appeals of Virginia; Judicial Council of Virginia to study jurisdictional capacity. [HJR-111]
Study; jurisdictional capacity of Court of Appeals; report. Requests the Judicial Council of Virginia to study the jurisdictional capacity of the Court of Appeals and whether such capacity should be expanded.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Transcripts; provided to defendant in all felony cases. [HB-950]
Costs for certain transcripts paid by the court. Provides that in all felony cases in which a transcript of any related prior proceedings, including but not limited to a mistrial or preliminary hearing, is provided to the defendant, a transcript shall also be made available contemporaneously to the Commonwealth. The cost of such transcript shall be included in any allowances made by the court out of the state treasury from the appropriation for criminal charges on the certificate of the court stating the nature of the service.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Recording deeds; statement of preparation. [HB-761]
Recording deeds; statement of preparation. Authorizes the circuit court clerk to reject for filing or recording a deed, except for deeds where a public service company, railroad, or cable system operator is either a grantor or grantee, unless it states on its first page that it was prepared either by the owner of the property or by an attorney licensed to practice in Virginia.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Circuit court judges; increases number in Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, decreases in Seventeenth. [HB-274]
Number of circuit court judges; Fifteenth and Seventeenth Judicial Circuits. Increases the number of circuit court judges in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit from eight to nine, and decreases the number of such judges in the Seventeeth Judicial Circuit from four to three.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Judicial Conference of Virginia; membership. [HB-1250]
Judicial Conference of Virginia; membership. Adds to the ranks of the honorary members of the Judicial Conference of Virginia the deans of the Liberty University School of Law and the Appalachian School of Law and the president and secretary of the Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Sanctions with Unified Rapid Enforcement (SURE); created. [HB-1126]
Sanctions with Unified Rapid Enforcement (SURE) probation program created. Creates a specialized probation program available to offenders who are on probation pursuant to a suspended sentence and have not been convicted of a violent felony. The program provides for immediate arrest of a probation violator whose violation is not another crime. He would then be subject to a minimum of five to 10 days in jail, with the terms of confinement escalating for each subsequent offense. Upon a fourth violation the defendant would become ineligible for the
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Circuit court judges; increases number in Tenth Judicial Circuit. [HB-1120]
Circuit courts; number of judges; Tenth Circuit. Adds a fourth circuit court judge to the Tenth Judicial Circuit.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Abatement of criminal conviction; effect of death of person convicted in circuit court, etc. [HB-1011]
Abatement of criminal conviction; effect of death of convicted person while case on appeal. Provides that a criminal conviction shall not abate if a convicted criminal defendant dies at any time following his conviction in circuit court, and if his death occurs during the pendency of an appeal by him, the appeal is rendered moot.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to circuit court. [SR-24]
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Judges; nominations for election to Court of Appeals of Virginia. [SR-23]
Nominating persons to be elected to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.