56 Va. App. 351 - Smith v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
September 2014
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bowles v. Russell · Kontrick v. Ryan · Schacht v. United States · Morrison v. Bestler · Porter v. Com.
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“authority over persons, things, or occurrences located in a defined geographic area”). It is distinct from the subject matter jurisdiction conferred on circuit courts under Code § 17.1-513. See Code § 17.1-513 (stating that the circuit courts shall have “original jurisdiction of all indictments for felonies and of presentments, informations and indictments for misdemeanors”). As the Supreme Court of Virginia has explained in response to a similar argument,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Fortunately, the Supreme Court . . . expressly defined the term [jurisdiction] so as to guide both the bench and bar. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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