Topic: a party can concede the facts but cannot concede the law. · Go Syfert
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7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 44 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Cofield v. Nuckles.

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1 Cofield v. Nuckles Anchor
va · 1990
green “a party can concede the facts but cannot concede the law.” 13
2 Durham v. Commonwealth
va · 1973
green “the taking, with intent to steal, of the personal property of another, from his person or in his presence, against his will, by violence or intimidation.” 9
3 Groves v. Commonwealth
vactapp · 2007
green “judge is presumed to know the law and to apply it correctly in each case.” 7
4 Satcher v. Commonwealth
va · 1992
green “a plain, concise and definite written statement, (1) naming the accused, (2) describing the offense charged, (3) identifying the county, city or town in which the accused committed the offense, and (4) reciting that the accused committed the offense on or about a certain date.” 6
5 Crest v. Commonwealth
vactapp · 2003
green “he would not object to the commonwealth's request 'to prohibit davis from testifying for impeachment of the commonwealth's witnesses . . . .” 3
6 Graves v. Commonwealth
vactapp · 1995
green “while the definition of robbery includes, as an element, the theft of property, it does not include, as elements, either the value of the property taken or that the property be taken from the person of the victim.” 3
7 Bazemore v. Commonwealth
va · 1969
green “larceny is an offense included in a charge of robbery” 3

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