Tyrone Jerrard Simmons v. Commonwealth of Virginia

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• holding that argument on appeal was not “subject of the assignment of error,” and thus was not reviewable
• noting that where, as here, an issue is not part of an appellant’s assignment of error, that issue is waived
• noting that the Rules “require us to hold that [an] issue is waived because it was not part of appellant’s assignment of error”
• declining to consider an argument that “was neither presented at trial nor the subject of the assignment of error”
• “Rule[ ] . . . 5A:20(c) require[s] us to hold that this issue is waived because it was not part of appellant’s assignment of error on . . . brief.”

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