Alger v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing that “the ‘mischief at which [Code] § 18.2-308.2(A) is directed is the possession of firearms by-convicted felons in an attempt to prevent indiscriminate use of dangerous weapons by one previously convicted of a serious crime”
• observing that \the `mischief' at which [Code] § 18.2-308.2(A) is directed is the possession of firearms by convicted felons in an attempt to prevent indiscriminate use of dangerous weapons by one previously convicted of a serious crime\
• “Where a particular construction of a statute will result in an absurdity, some other reasonable construction which will not produce the absurdity will be found.” (quoting Mayhew v. Commonwealth, 20 Va. App. 484, 489 (1995))
• “Where a particular construction of a statute will result in an absurdity, some other reasonable construction which will not produce the absurdity will be found.” (quoting Mayhew v. Commonwealth, 20 Va. App. 484, 489 (1995))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).