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COM. v. AMOS

Record No. 130757.

754 S.E.2d 304 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia v. Felecia AMOS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 27, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin H. Katz , Assistant Attorney General ( Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II , Attorney General, on briefs), for appellant.

Justin M. Ellis ( Martin V. Totaro ; Robert K. Kry ; Steven F. Molo ; MoloLamken, on brief), for appellee.

Amicus Curiae: Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project ( Jonathan Ware ; Peter Jaffe ; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, on brief), in support of appellee.

Present: KINSER, C.J., LEMONS, GOODWYN, MILLETTE, MIMS, and McCLANAHAN, JJ., and LACY, S.J.

Opinion by Senior Justice ELIZABETH B. LACY.

In this appeal we consider whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the contemporaneous objection exception in Code § 8.01-384(A) allows a litigant who was precluded by the trial court from asserting a contemporaneous objection to the court's ruling or order to raise the issue on appeal, notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 5A:18.

I. BACKGROUND

In July 2010, Antonio Jose Amos was convicted...

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