New Hearing Ordered for Sentencing Error
A circuit court erred in denying defendant’s motion for a new sentencing hearing prior to entry of an amended sentencing order correcting his sentence on two charges for which the sentences originally...
View ArticleFairfax Bar celebrates Justice Roush with portrait
FALLS CHURCH—The Fairfax Bar Association celebrated its longest-serving circuit judge on Jan. 6 when it unveiled the portrait of Jane Marum Roush, who spent 22 years on the bench there before her...
View ArticleEditorial: Keep Justice Roush on the high court
When the 2016 General Assembly convenes tomorrow in Richmond, its agenda will include the election of a justice to the Supreme Court of Virginia. When it tackles that task, the Assembly should elect...
View ArticleSummary Judgment Upheld in Sale of Mine Assets
The Supreme Court of Virginia affirms summary judgment for a coal company in its contract action seeking the balance of the $2.5 million purchase price for its sale to appellants of a mining permit and...
View ArticleRoush, Alston interview for high court seat
A Virginia legislative committee has certified both Justice Jane Marum Roush and Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. as qualified candidates for a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Virginia. On Jan. 27, the...
View ArticleAction on Supreme Court candidates still pending
After months of uncertainty about the choice for a seat on the Supreme Court of Virginia, a House of Delegates panel interviewed both Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s appointee, Jane Marum Roush, and Virginia...
View ArticleMcCullough takes seat on high court
Justice Stephen R. McCullough was invested as the 106th member of the Supreme Court of Virginia on May 23, at a ceremony featuring his family, his colleagues from the Court of Appeals and past...
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