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The Judiciary of Virginia is defined under the Constitution and law of Virginia and is composed of the Supreme Court of Virginia and subordinate courts, including the Court of Appeals, the Circuit Courts, and the General District Courts. Its administration is headed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Judicial Council, the Committee ...
The Virginia Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Circuit Courts have jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases. For civil cases, the courts have authority to try cases with an amount in controversy of more than $4,500 and have exclusive original jurisdiction over claims for ...
Whiting thus became the first member of the Supreme Court of Virginia from the Winchester-Frederick County area in over 100 years. A major ruling unanimously handed down by the Virginia Supreme Court during Whiting's tenure was Timothy W. Spencer v Commonwealth, [2] which was the first state supreme court ruling on the admissibility of DNA ...
Frederick County is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,419. [1] Its county seat is Winchester. [2] The county was formed in 1743 by the splitting of Orange County.
Frederick County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.It was built in 1840, and is a two-story, rectangular, brick building on a stone foundation and partial basement in the Greek Revival style.
Courts of Virginia include: State courts of Virginia. Supreme Court of Virginia [1] Court of Appeals of Virginia [2] Virginia Circuit Court (120 courts divided among 31 judicial circuits) [3] Virginia General District Court (courts in 32 districts) [4] Virginia Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (courts in 32 districts) [5]
The United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia (in case citations, W.D. Va.) is a United States district court. Appeals from the Western District of Virginia are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act , which ...
Christopher E. Collins (born March 22, 1971) [1] is a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He was first elected in 2015, and represented the 29th district comprising the City of Winchester and parts of Frederick County and Warren County.