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7 Virginia opinions name it 3 courts 1988–2024 2 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Virginia courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Weeks v. Commonwealthgreen2 sentences2024Cf. Weeks v. Commonwealth, 248 Va. 460, 472 (1994) (“[W]e hold that the court did not commit reversible error because nothing in the record suggests that the trial court’s rulings prejudiced defendant’s right to fairly defend himself.”). 2024Cf. Weeks v. Commonwealth, 248 Va. 460, 472 (1994) (“[W]e hold that the court did not commit reversible error because nothing in the record suggests that the trial court’s rulings prejudiced defendant’s right to fairly defend himself.”). | 2 | 2 |
Ramdass v. Commonwealthgreen2 sentences1994In Ramdass , the defendant argued “that because he must make ‘a threshold showing of the significance of the expert’s testimony’ to obtain such appointments, an ex parte hearing is required to avoid a disclosure of his potential defenses to the Commonwealth’s Attorney.” Ramdass , at 421. 1994Ramdass v. Commonwealth, 246 Va. 413, 422 , 437 S.E.2d 566, 571 (1993), rev’d on other grounds sub nom. | 2 | 2 |
Judicial Commission of PCA Korean Capital Presbytery v. Kimgreen1 sentence2001See The Judicial Commission of PCA Korean Capital Presbytery v. Kim et al., 2001 Va. Cir. LEXIS 65 , Chancery No. 169175 (Fairfax Circuit Court). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Virginia. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Ake v. Oklahoma
green
2 sentences1994Addressing the application of Ake to the provision of non-psychiatric assistance and setting forth the general rule governing the provision of expert assistance to criminal defendants, our Supreme Court said: [The defendant] claims he was entitled to an ex parte hearing on the necessity of the Commonwealth's funding of experts to assist him in his defense. [He] admits none of the proposed experts would address the question of his sanity, as in Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68 [ 105 S.Ct. 1087 , 84 L.Ed.2d 53 ] (1985); they were all forensic scientists. [He] had no constitutional right requiring th 1994Addressing the application of Ake to the provision of non-psychiatric assistance and setting forth the general rule governing the provision of expert assistance to criminal defendants, our Supreme Court said: [The defendant] claims he was entitled to an ex parte hearing on the necessity of the Commonwealth's funding of experts to assist him in his defense. [He] admits none of the proposed experts would address the question of his sanity, as in Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68 [ 105 S.Ct. 1087 , 84 L.Ed.2d 53 ] (1985); they were all forensic scientists. [He] had no constitutional right requiring th | 2 | 1988–1994 |
O'Dell v. Commonwealth
green
2 sentences1994The Supreme Court of Virginia noted, in Ramdass , that most of the cases cited by that defendant dealt with the application of a federal statute creating a right to an ex parte hearing (specifically 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(e) (1993)) and held that there was no constitutional right to conduct the hearing ex parte and that no such right had been established by statute in Virginia, affirming the earlier decision in O’Dell v. Commonwealth, 234 Va. 672 , cert. denied, 488 U.S. 871 (1988). 1994The Supreme Court of Virginia noted, in Ramdass , that most of the cases cited by that defendant dealt with the application of a federal statute creating a right to an ex parte hearing (specifically 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(e) (1993)) and held that there was no constitutional right to conduct the hearing ex parte and that no such right had been established by statute in Virginia, affirming the earlier decision in O’Dell v. Commonwealth, 234 Va. 672 , cert. denied, 488 U.S. 871 (1988). | 1 | 1994–1994 |
Thompson v. Louisiana
green
2 sentences1994The Supreme Court of Virginia noted, in Ramdass , that most of the cases cited by that defendant dealt with the application of a federal statute creating a right to an ex parte hearing (specifically 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(e) (1993)) and held that there was no constitutional right to conduct the hearing ex parte and that no such right had been established by statute in Virginia, affirming the earlier decision in O’Dell v. Commonwealth, 234 Va. 672 , cert. denied, 488 U.S. 871 (1988). 1994The Supreme Court of Virginia noted, in Ramdass , that most of the cases cited by that defendant dealt with the application of a federal statute creating a right to an ex parte hearing (specifically 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(e) (1993)) and held that there was no constitutional right to conduct the hearing ex parte and that no such right had been established by statute in Virginia, affirming the earlier decision in O’Dell v. Commonwealth, 234 Va. 672 , cert. denied, 488 U.S. 871 (1988). | 1 | 1994–1994 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.