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State court of last resort · ST-VA-SC
White v. United States
No. 210168Supreme Court of Virginia
210168 White v. United States 10/14/2021 In response to a question of Virginia law certified from United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, accepted pursuant to Article VI, Section 1 of the Consti…
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210168 White v. United States 10/14/2021 In response to a question of Virginia law certified from United States Court of Appeals …
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- October 4, 2026
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- October 14, 2021
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210168 White v. United States 10/14/2021 In response to a question of Virginia law certified from United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, accepted pursuant to Article VI, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia and Rule 5:40, it is decided that -- under Virginia common law -- an individual can be convicted of robbery by means of threatening to accuse the victim of having committed sodomy, if the accusation of sodomy involves a crime against nature under extant criminal law. Four prior opinions recognize this English common-law doctrine, and no convincing historical arguments are found demonstrating that this view was mistaken. The certified question is answered in the affir…
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