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Blount v. Clarke
No. 151017Supreme Court of Virginia
151017 Blount v. Clarke 02/12/2016 In response to questions of Virginia law certified to this Court by the United States District Court pursuant to Article VI, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia, it is …
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151017 Blount v. Clarke 02/12/2016 In response to questions of Virginia law certified to this Court by the United States District…
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151017 Blount v. Clarke 02/12/2016 In response to questions of Virginia law certified to this Court by the United States District Court pursuant to Article VI, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia, it is held that an executive order by the Governor of Virginia with respect to the punishment of a prisoner convicted of numerous offenses committed when he was 15 years of age constitutes a partial pardon because it exonerated him from some but not all of the punishment for his crimes. The Governor has the power to issue a conditional pardon or a partial pardon under the general pardoning power granted by Article V, § 12, and the prisoner may neither accept nor reject the partial pardon. Ce…
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151017 Blount v. Clarke 02/12/2016 In response to questions of Virginia law certified to this Court by the United States District Court pursuant to Article VI, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia, it is held that an executive order by the Governor of Virginia with respect to the punishment of a prisoner convicted of numerous offenses committed when he was 15 years of age constitutes a partial pardon because it exonerated him from some but not all of the punishment for his crimes. The Governor has the power to issue a conditional pardon or a partial pardon under the general pardoning power granted by Article V, § 12, and the prisoner may neither accept nor reject the partial pardon. Ce…
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