For any clerical error or error in fact for which a judgment may be reversed or corrected on writ of error coram vobis, the same may be reversed or corrected on motion, after reasonable notice, by the court.
Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-677
Errors corrected on motion instead of writ of error coram vobis
Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case Snyder v. City of Alexandria (1994)
Most recently applied in State of West Virginia v. Orville M. Hutton (June 2015)
Code 1950, § 8-485; 1977, c. 617.
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