The Court held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by imposing lifetime probation after Du’s active incarceration or by barring him from contacting his stepmother as a condition of his suspended sentences.
Supreme Court of Virginia, 2016
Published opinions from 2016. The case name opens the case page.
2016 opinions
VirginiaDarien Vasquez v. Commonwealth of Virginia Brandon Valentin v. Commonwealth of Virginia
February 12, 2016291 Va. 232
The court held that the Eighth Amendment rule governing juvenile life-without-parole sentences does not extend to aggregate term-of-years sentences imposed for multiple crimes, and that the evidence was sufficient to show the defendants possessed a knife when they entered the townhouse.