45 Va. App. 240 - Roe v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Armour & Co. · Stockton v. Commonwealth · 26 Va. App. 299 - Ohree v. Commonwealth · 29 Va. App. 119 - Rusty's Welding Service, Inc. v. Gibson · 1 Va. App. 272 - McGinnis v. McGinnis
Most-quoted passages
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“I find that the Court had no power under the circumstances presented on October 3, 2002 to dismiss the case with prejudice. It only had the power to dismiss on a motion to nol pros ... it appears to have been phrased in the term motion to dismiss by the prosecutor in court that day. "As I read the law the only power the Court has is to grant a motion to nol pros at that time. That's the way I interpret the order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Roe v. Com.“I find that the Court had no power under the circumstances presented on October 3, 2002 to dismiss the case with prejudice. It only had the power to dismiss on a motion to nol pros ... it appears to have been phrased in the term motion to dismiss by the prosecutor in court that day.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Roe v. Com.“Nolle prosequi shall be entered only in the discretion of the court, upon motion of the Commonwealth with good cause therefor shown.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Roe v. Com.
How this case has been treated — in progress
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