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Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Virginia Criminal Procedure, Ronald J. Bacigal
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Virginia Criminal Procedure, Ronald J. Bacigal
University of Richmond Law Review
Reversing a recent trend, the past year was relatively quiet with respect to search and seizure cases. The United States Supreme Court decided two cases dealing with open fields and the curtilage of a dwelling. Dow Chemical Co. v. United States held that the open areas of an industrial plant complex with numerous plant structures spread over an area of 2,000 acres are not analogous to the "curtilage" of a dwelling for purposes of aerial surveillance; such an industrial complex "is more comparable to an open field and as such is open to the view and observation of persons in …
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Criminal Law, Richard A. Williamson
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Criminal Law, Richard A. Williamson
University of Richmond Law Review
Effective January 1, 1985, the Court of Appeals of Virginia was established. The new intermediate appellate court possesses exclusive jurisdiction over appeals from any final judgment of conviction in a circuit court for a traffic violation or a crime, except where a sentence of death is imposed. The operation of the court of appeals is likely to have a twofold effect on the criminal justice system. First, it should reduce the current backlog of cases in the supreme court; second, it should produce an increase in the number of reported criminal decisions, thereby facilitating an understanding of criminal law and …