Chapter 2 Appeals to the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Virginia

Index

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Protecting the Record in the Trial Court and Assigning Error in the Appellate Court
• 2.3 Prerequisites to Appeal
• 2.4 Mechanics of the Appeal
• 2.5 Capital Sentence Appeals
• 2.6 Commonwealth’s Pretrial Appeal
• 2.7 Conclusion
• Appendix 2-1 Summary of Steps in Appeals
• Appendix 2-2 Illustrative Additional Cases Related to Preserving Issues for Appeal
• Appendix 2-3 Illustrative Cases Related to Consideration of Arguments Not Made to the Trial Court
• Appendix 2-4 Standards of Review on Appeal—some Examples