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University of Richmond Law Review

1996

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Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Business And Corporate Law, William A. Musgrove Jan 1996

Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Business And Corporate Law, William A. Musgrove

University of Richmond Law Review

This article reviews recent developments in the law affecting Virginia businesses and corporations. Part II discusses recent judicial decisions, including: two Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals opinions, one interpreting and upholding the constitutionality of the Virginia statutes regulating hostile takeovers, and the other determining the owner of partnership property upon dissolution of the partnership; two Supreme Court of Virginia decisions regarding non-stock corporations, one determining the validity of the board of directors, and one deciding whether the Property Owners' Association Act supersedes the bylaws of an incorporated non-stock property owners' association; four Supreme Court of Virginia decisions including one denying …


Some Thoughts On Bifurcated Sentencing In Non-Capital Felony Cases In Virginia, Thomas D. Horne Jan 1996

Some Thoughts On Bifurcated Sentencing In Non-Capital Felony Cases In Virginia, Thomas D. Horne

University of Richmond Law Review

The punishment stage of a jury trial poses a difficult test for the conflicting attitudes and opinions of individual jurors. In the search for a mature, well-reasoned, and educated verdict, an understanding of the sentencing process by those controlling the flow of information is the best insurance against decisions which spring from passion, prejudice, and personal bias. Given recent legislative changes affecting sentencing in non-capital felony cases, such an understanding is not susceptible to hornbook solutions. This paper will attempt to put those changes in the context of existing sentencing practices and of related evidentiary issues. It is hoped that …