Richard Douglas Thomas, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia

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• “[A] trial court has the power to reopen and reconsider prior rulings while it has jurisdiction over the case.”
• discussing a trial court’s discretion to reopen
• “Without valid excuse, no party who has had his day in court can reopen the hearing . . . on the mere ground that - 11 - he wishes to interpose other defenses which he neglected to interpose before such decision was made.” (alteration in original

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