Conley v. Commonwealth

Docket Number120139
Decision Date01 November 2012

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4 cases
  • Dufresne v. Commonwealth
    • United States
    • Virginia Court of Appeals
    • February 9, 2016
    ...of robbery.2 "Thisappeal presents a pure question of law to which we apply a de novo standard of review." Conley v. Commonwealth, 284 Va. 691, 693, 733 S.E.2d 927, 928 (2012).Procedural Bar We first address whether appellant is procedurally barred from asserting her argument. It is uncontro......
  • VanBuren v. Grubb
    • United States
    • Virginia Supreme Court
    • November 1, 2012
    ... ... The Public Policy Exception to Employment–at–Will in the Commonwealth          Virginia “strongly adheres to the employment-at-will doctrine,” Lockhart v. Commonwealth Educ. Sys. Corp., 247 Va. 98, 102, ... ...
  • Boone v. Commonwealth
    • United States
    • Virginia Supreme Court
    • April 18, 2013
    ...Second, one or more of the convictions may later be vacated by appellate or collateral proceedings. For example, in Conley v. Commonwealth, 284 Va. 691, 733 S.E.2d 927 (2012), the defendant was convicted of felony third-offense driving under the influence (“DUI”) while a petition for a writ......
  • Dennis v. Commonwealth
    • United States
    • Virginia Court of Appeals
    • March 10, 2020
    ...petitions for writs of actual innocence, the Court of Appeals acts as a court of original jurisdiction." Conley v. Commonwealth, 284 Va. 691, 694, 733 S.E.2d 927 (2012) (citing Haas v. Commonwealth, 283 Va. 284, 292, 721 S.E.2d 479 (2012) ). In order to obtain a writ of actual innocence bas......
2 books & journal articles
  • 13.3 Appeal from Circuit Court to Court of Appeals
    • United States
    • Virginia CLE Defending Criminal Cases in Virginia (Virginia CLE) Chapter 13 Appeals
    • Invalid date
    ...5A:3(d)). See also Va. R. 5A:3(e) for rules as to inmate filing deadlines.[173] Va. R. 5A:33.[174] Conley v. Commonwealth, 284 Va. 691, 733 S.E.2d 927 (2012).[175] Va. Code § 17.1-410(A). "No incarceration" means no jail sentence, either actual or suspended. Spencer v. City of Norfolk, 271 ......
  • 13.7 Writ of Actual Innocence
    • United States
    • Virginia CLE Defending Criminal Cases in Virginia (Virginia CLE) Chapter 13 Appeals
    • Invalid date
    ...(2004).[286] Va. Code § 19.2-327.11(A); In re Pierce, 44 Va. App. 611, 606 S.E.2d 536 (2004).[287] Conley v. Commonwealth, 284 Va. 691, 733 S.E.2d 927 (2012).[288] 273 Va. 335, 641 S.E.2d 486 (2007).[289] Id.; see also Johnson v. Commonwealth, 273 Va. 315, 641 S.E.2d 480 (2007) (petition ba......