14 Va. App. 53 - Buchanan v. Buchanan’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
129 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 129 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably Jay v. Com. (2008), 22 Va. App. 557 - Theismann v. Theismann (1996)
129 state decisions
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Relationships
Relies on Dade County v. Lake Lucerne Civic Ass'n · Justus v. Commonwealth · Barry v. Sigler · 12 Va. App. 18 - Richardson v. Richardson · Stamper v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“[s]tatements unsupported by argument, authority, or citations to the record do not merit appellate consideration.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage““[a] trial judge must exercise reasonable discretion to determine whether he possesses such a bias or prejudice as would deny a party a fair trial.... ” Stamper v. Commonwealth, 228 Va. 707, 714 , 324 S.E.2d 682, 686 (1985) (citing Deahl v. Winchester Dep’t. Social Services, 224 Va. 664, 672-73 , 299 S.E.2d 863, 867 (1983)). In exercising such discretion, a judge must not only consider his or her true state of impartiality, but also the public’s perception of his or her fairness, so that public confidence in the integrity of the judicial system is maintained. Id. However, “[mjerely because a trial judge is familiar with a party and his legal difficulties through prior judicial hearings ... does not automatically or inferentially raise the issue of bias.” Deahl, 224 Va. at 672-73 , 299 S.E.2d at 867 (citing Barry v. Sigler, 373 F.2d 835, 836 (8th Cir.1967)). Furthermore, “[t]he courts are practically unanimous in the view that neither the forming or expressing of [an opinion upon a matter or issue which may come before him in a latter proceeding] disqualifies a judge in a subsequent matter.” Slayton v. Commonwealth, 185 Va. 371, 376 , 38 S.E.2d 485, 488 (1946); see also Justus v. Commonwealth, 222 Va. 667, 674 , 283 S.E.2d 905, 908 (1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 983 , 102 S.Ct. 1491 , 71 L.Ed.2d 693 (1982).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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