Baker v. Commonwealth

Docket Number120252
Decision Date01 November 2012
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35 cases
  • Groffel v. Commonwealth
    • United States
    • Virginia Court of Appeals
    • August 20, 2019
    ...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......
  • Miller & Rhoads Bldg., L.L.C. v. City of Richmond
    • United States
    • Virginia Supreme Court
    • September 15, 2016
    ...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......
  • Sandoval v. Commonwealth
    • United States
    • Virginia Court of Appeals
    • February 24, 2015
    ...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......
  • Lewis v. City of Alexandria
    • United States
    • Virginia Supreme Court
    • April 17, 2014
    ...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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