On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Virginia released a batch of opinions. I know that I’m late to the party–I’ve been out sick–but here is a quick run down of the results:

November 2009 Supreme Court of Virginia Opinions

Case

Appellant’s Counsel

Appellee’s Counsel

Result

Hutchins v. Talbert, Record No. 081632

Alfred F. Belcuore (R. Harrison Pledger, Jr.; Montedonico, Belcuore & Tazzara; Pledger & Associates, on brief)

Frank K. Friedman (Frances E. Burgin; Steven B. Gould; Kenneth M. Berman; Woods Rogers; Brown & Gould; Berman, Sobin & Gross, on brief)

 

Appeal dismissed.

Baker v. Commonwealth, Record No. 081715

Daniel W. Hall, Senior Assistant Public Defender

Susan M. Harris, Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief)

 

Judgment of the Court of Appeals reversed, conviction under Code § 18.2-119 vacated, and indictment is dismissed

Kellerman v. McDonough, Record No. 081718

Mark J. Krudys (Stephen W. Bricker; BrickerAnderson, on brief)

 

David P. Corrigan (Julie S. Palmer; Harman, Claytor, Corrigan & Wellman, on brief)

 

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.

Hash v. Director of the Department of Corrections, Record No. 081837

David B. Hargett

 

Eugene Murphy, Senior Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief)

 

Affirmed.

Waller v. Commonwealth, Record No. 081920

Curtis L. Thornhill (Glenn L. Berger; Berger & Thornhill, on brief)

 

Donald E. Jeffrey III, Senior Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief)

 

Reversed and remanded.

Harbour v. SunTrust Bank, Record No. 082023

Phillip V. Anderson (Carolyn N. Dietz; Martin F. Clark; Frith Anderson & Peake, on brief)

 

Monica Taylor Monday (James J. O’Keeffe; Robert W. Mann; Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore; Young, Haskins, Mann, Gregory, McGarry & Wall, on brief) (for SunTrust)

 

Reversed and remanded.

Turner v. Commonwealth, Record No. 082122

Brienne Schaefer, Assistant Public Defender,

 

Donald E. Jeffrey III, Senior Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief)

 

Reversed and remanded.

Dowdy v. Commonwealth, Record No. 082143

Jonathan P. Sheldon (Devine, Connell & Sheldon, on brief)

 

Leah A. Darron, Senior Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief)

 

Affirmed.

Smallwood v. Commonwealth, Record No. 082228

Jason Moore

 

Richard B. Smith, Special Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief)

 

Affirmed.

Singleton v. Commonwealth, Record No. 082270

Charles B. Lustig (Thomas B. Shuttleworth; Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Swain, Haddad & Morecock, on brief)

 

Robert H. Anderson III, Senior Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General; Joanne V. Frye, Assistant Attorney General, on brief)

 

Reversed and vacated.

Zedd v. Commonwealth, Record No. 090012

Charles B. Lustig (Thomas B. Shuttleworth; Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Swain, Haddad & Morecock, on brief)

 

Robert H. Anderson III, Senior Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General; Joanne V. Frye, Assistant Attorney General, on brief)

 

Reversed and vacated.

Commonwealth v. Squire, Record No. 082440

John H. McLees, Senior Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General; Francis S. Ferguson, Deputy Attorney General; Pamela A. Sargent, Senior Assistant Attorney General, on brief)

 

Alvin A. Lockerman, Jr. (Outten, Barrett, Whitby, and Lockerman, on brief

 

 

Affirmed.

Williams v. Commonwealth, Record No. 082477

Stephanie S. Miller, Assistant Public Defender (Barbara E. Rosenblatt, Assistant Public Defender, on brief)

 

Leah A. Darron, Senior Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief)

 

Affirmed.

Grattan v. Commonwealth, Record No. 082547

Jonathan Shapiro (Peter Greenspun; Greenspun, Shapiro, Davis & Leary, on brief)

 

Jennifer C. Williamson, Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief)

 

Affirmed.

 

Carroll v. Johnson, Record No. 082566

David B. Hargett

 

Mark R. Davis, Senior Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief)

 

Reversed in part, affirmed in part, and final judgment.

Brown v. Commonwealth, Record No. 090013

Paul S. Roskin (Vergara & Associates, on brief)

 

Robert H. Anderson III, Senior Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief)

 

Affirmed.

Wright v. Commonwealth, Record No. 090308

Joseph A. Sadighian, Senior Assistant Appellate Defender

 

Joshua M. Didlake, Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief)

 

Affirmed.

Montague v. Commonwealth, Record No. 090337

S. Jane Chittom, Appellate Defender

 

Gregory W. Franklin, Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief

 

Affirmed.

The Piedmont Environmental Council, et al. v. Virginia Electric and Power Company, d/b/a Dominion Virginia Power, et al., Record Nos. 090249, 090253, 090258, 090278, & 090284

Patrick M. McSweeney (Wesley G. Russell, Jr.; Kevin J. Burke, County Attorney; Tracy A. Gallehr, Deputy County Attorney; Ross G. Horton, County Attorney; Kevin P. Black, Assistant County Attorney; Roy B. Thorpe, County Attorney; Charles W. Hundley; James W. Moorman; McSweeney, Crump, Childress & Temple; Cherry, Seymour, Hundley & Baronian, on brief)

 

Stephen H. Watts II; John F. Dudley, Counsel to the Commission (E. Duncan Getchell, Jr.; Vishwa B. Link; Kristian M. Dahl; Erin M. Sine; Karen L. Bell; Lisa S. Booth; Randall B. Palmer; Jeffrey P. Trout; Richard D. Gary; Robert M. Rolfe; Charlotte P. McAfee; William H. Chambliss, General Counsel; Wayne N. Smith, Senior Counsel; McGuire Woods; Hunton & Williams, on brief)

Affirmed.

 

Williams, No. 347945 v. Warden of the Sussex I State Prison, Record No. 090483

James M. Sitton II (Jackson Law Group, on brief)

 

Alice T. Armstrong, Assistant Attorney General II (William C. Mims, Attorney General, on brief)

 

Habeas petition denied.

Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission of Virginia v. Taylor, Record No. 090845

Donald R. Curry, Commission Counsel

 

Kevin E. Martingayle (Stallings & Bischoff, on brief)

 

Judge is censured.