· 6/20/2000
Michaels v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 529 S.E.2d 822
- 32 Va. App. 601
- 2000 Va. App. LEXIS 463
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- observing that defendant must show \she was convicted for conduct that was not a criminal offense\ or \an element of the offense did not occur\
- observing that defendant must show “she was convicted for conduct that was not a criminal offense” or “an element of the offense did not occur”
- stat-ing that the ends of justice standard requires more than a bare assertion “that the Commonwealth failed to prove an element of the offense”
- observing that defendant must show “she was convicted for conduct that was not a criminal offense” or that “an element of the offense did not occur”
- holding that the evidence was insufficient to find an employee of a local jail in contempt for not transporting a prisoner for a mental health evaluation where the trial court’s order continuing the case did not direct that jail employees were to transport the prisoner
- applying this principle in a case in which the evidence failed to prove an element of the offense
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Judges: Elder, Annunziata, Frank
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