Alexy J. Abdo, a/k/a Alexi J. Abdo v. Commonwealth of Virginia

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a decision on the merits was “the best and narrowest ground” for resolving the case and declining to apply Rule 5A:18
• holding that “resolution of the merits” of the case provided “the best and narrowest ground” for decision and declining to address a possible procedural bar
• recognizing that deciding an issue on “‘the best and narrowest ground’” as required by “[o]ur jurisprudence” sometimes involves resolving it on “the merits” (quoting Armstead v. Commonwealth, 56 Va. App. 569, 576 (2010))
• finding that, in the appropriate circumstances, resolving a case on the merits can represent the best and narrowest ground
• finding that “[i]n this case, resolution of the merits constitutes the best and narrowest ground” for decision and declining to decide whether appellant’s argument was waived under Rule 5A:18
• “Our jurisprudence requires us to seek ‘the best and narrowest ground available’ for our decision.” (quoting Armstead v. Commonwealth, 56 Va. App. 569, 576 (2010))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).