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Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Criminal Law, Carolyn V. Grady, Jennifer M. Newman
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Criminal Law, Carolyn V. Grady, Jennifer M. Newman
University of Richmond Law Review
This article summarizes most published criminal law decisions of the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Virginia Court ofAppeals sitting en banc, issued between July 1, 1998 and July 1, 1999. This article also includes selected published panel opinions oftheVirginia Court of Appeals and a summary of the most significant criminal law enactments from the 1999 session of the Virginia General Assembly.
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Legal Issues Involving Children, Robert E. Shepherd Jr.
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Legal Issues Involving Children, Robert E. Shepherd Jr.
University of Richmond Law Review
The Virginia General Assembly once again acted in a very restrained fashion in addressing juvenile justice issues in the lengthening wake after the extensive statutory changes in 1994 and 1996. The newly enacted juvenile competency statute is an important innovation contained in the new article 18 oftitle 16.1 of the Virginia Code, and a study by the Virginia Bar Association on the applicability of the insanity defense in juvenile delinquency proceedings will further address the implications of mental health problems for children in trouble. One major issue in the delinquency area that arose during the past year involved the necessity …