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West v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 597 S.E.2d 274
  • 43 Va. App. 327
  • 2004 Va. App. LEXIS 276

How courts have described this case

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  • holding—in a case in which the defendant failed to timely raise a double jeopardy argument—that “[e]rror alone, even a violation of constitutional principles, is not sufficient to warrant application of the ends of justice exception to Rule 5A:18”
  • the lens by which our Court reviews applications for the ends of justice exception
  • the lens by which our Court reviews applications for the ends of justice exception
  • “Because appellant did not contradict or even respond to this statement, the trial court was never asked to rule on the issue [now raised on appeal]. . . . Therefore, the issue is not preserved for appeal.”

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Judges: Robert P. Frank

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Cites

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