Joseph Louis Paduano v. Commonwealth of Virginia

How courts have described this case

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

• “‘Courts are required to apply the plain language of a statute when possible and may not rewrite it.’” (quoting Parker v. Warren, 273 Va. 20, 23, 639 S.E.2d 179, 181 (2007))
• “ ‘Courts are required to apply the plain language of a statute when possible and may not rewrite it.’ ” (quoting Parker v. Warren, 273 Va. 20, 23, 639 S.E.2d 179, 181 (2007))
• “If a statute is not ambiguous, . . . ‘the rule of lenity is not applicable to guide statutory interpretation.’” (quoting De’Armond v. Commonwealth, 51 Va. App. 26, 34, 654 S.E.2d 317, 321 (2007))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).