Baker v. Commonwealth
Docket Number | 120252 |
Decision Date | 01 November 2012 |
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Groffel v. Commonwealth
...104 (1983) ). In determining legislative intent, the court first looks to the plain language of the statute. Baker v. Commonwealth, 284 Va. 572, 576, 733 S.E.2d 642 (2012). "If the language is clear and unambiguous, [an appellate court] will assign the statute its plain meaning." Browning-F......
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Miller & Rhoads Bldg., L.L.C. v. City of Richmond
...meaning ... unless the terms are ambiguous or applying the plain language would lead to an absurd result.’ ” Baker v. Commonwealth , 284 Va. 572, 576, 733 S.E.2d 642, 644 (2012) (quoting Boynton v. Kilgore , 271 Va. 220, 227, 623 S.E.2d 922, 926 (2006) ). This Court has repeatedly admonishe......
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Sandoval v. Commonwealth
...the proposal or encouragement to a child, under the age of fourteen, to expose his or her sexual parts. See Baker v. Commonwealth, 284 Va. 572, 576, 733 S.E.2d 642, 644–45 (2012) (noting that when determining “when one offense ends and the next begins,” courts should determine “the gravamen......
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Lewis v. City of Alexandria
...meaning ... unless the terms are ambiguous or applying the plain language would lead to an absurd result.’ ” Baker v. Commonwealth, 284 Va. 572, 576, 733 S.E.2d 642, 644 (2012) (quoting Boynton v. Kilgore, 271 Va. 220, 227, 623 S.E.2d 922, 926 (2006)). “When the word ‘shall’ appears in a st......
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