Batts v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “A party may not invite error and subsequently raise that error as grounds for appeal.”
• “[H]is agreement cannot confer the power to impose a sentence greater than that established by the legislature.”
• “A -4- party may not invite error and subsequently raise that error as grounds for appeal.”
• “‘Where the sentence imposed is in excess of that prescribed by law, that part of the sentence which is excessive is invalid.’” (quoting Deagle v. Commonwealth, 214 Va. 304, 305, 199 S.E.2d 509, 510 (1973))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).