Rives v. Com.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that Code § 18.2-427 criminalizes “obscene” language and “obscene” proposals but does not require criminal threats to be “obscene”
• applying “right result for the wrong reason” doctrine where the only issue was one of statutory interpretation
• affirming on a different ground where “the case went to trial on stipulated facts,” obviating the need for any additional factual findings
• affirming on a different ground where “the case went to trial on stipulated facts,” obviating the need for any additional factual findings

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).