53 Va. App. 226 - Scialdone v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[W]here a party makes his objections known to the court prior to or at the time of entry of a final order or decree and does not specifically disclaim the desire to have the court rule on those objections, entry of a final order or decree adverse to those objections constitutes a rejection of them and preserves them under Rule 5A:18 [and Rule 5:25] for purposes of appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Scialdone v. Com.

2. “Under Rule 5A:18, raising a legal argument in support of one type of relief does not preserve for appellate review the same argument in support of another type of relief which was never requested.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Scialdone v. Com.

3. “is competent ... to proceed upon its own knowledge of the facts, and to punish the offender without further proof, and without issue or trial in any form.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Scialdone v. Com.