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§ 8.01-671. Time within which petition must be presented.

A. In cases where an appeal is permitted from the trial court to the SupremeCourt, no petition shall be presented for an appeal to the Supreme Court fromany final judgment whether the Commonwealth be a party or not, (i) whichshall have been rendered more than three months before the petition ispresented, provided, that in criminal cases, a thirty-day extension may begranted, in the discretion of the court, in order to attain the ends ofjustice, or (ii) if it be an appeal from a final decree refusing a bill ofreview to a decree rendered more than four months prior thereto, unless thepetition is presented within three months from the date of such decree.

B. When an appeal from an interlocutory decree or order is permitted, thepetition for appeal shall be presented within the appropriate time limitationset forth in subsection A hereof.

C. No appeal to the Supreme Court from a decision of the Court of Appealsshall be granted unless a petition for appeal is filed within thirty daysafter the date of the decision appealed from.

(Code 1950, § 8-463; 1977, cc. 2, 617; 1984, c. 703.)

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Statutes > Virginia > Title-8-01 > Chapter-26 > 8-01-671

§ 8.01-671. Time within which petition must be presented.

A. In cases where an appeal is permitted from the trial court to the SupremeCourt, no petition shall be presented for an appeal to the Supreme Court fromany final judgment whether the Commonwealth be a party or not, (i) whichshall have been rendered more than three months before the petition ispresented, provided, that in criminal cases, a thirty-day extension may begranted, in the discretion of the court, in order to attain the ends ofjustice, or (ii) if it be an appeal from a final decree refusing a bill ofreview to a decree rendered more than four months prior thereto, unless thepetition is presented within three months from the date of such decree.

B. When an appeal from an interlocutory decree or order is permitted, thepetition for appeal shall be presented within the appropriate time limitationset forth in subsection A hereof.

C. No appeal to the Supreme Court from a decision of the Court of Appealsshall be granted unless a petition for appeal is filed within thirty daysafter the date of the decision appealed from.

(Code 1950, § 8-463; 1977, cc. 2, 617; 1984, c. 703.)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Virginia > Title-8-01 > Chapter-26 > 8-01-671

§ 8.01-671. Time within which petition must be presented.

A. In cases where an appeal is permitted from the trial court to the SupremeCourt, no petition shall be presented for an appeal to the Supreme Court fromany final judgment whether the Commonwealth be a party or not, (i) whichshall have been rendered more than three months before the petition ispresented, provided, that in criminal cases, a thirty-day extension may begranted, in the discretion of the court, in order to attain the ends ofjustice, or (ii) if it be an appeal from a final decree refusing a bill ofreview to a decree rendered more than four months prior thereto, unless thepetition is presented within three months from the date of such decree.

B. When an appeal from an interlocutory decree or order is permitted, thepetition for appeal shall be presented within the appropriate time limitationset forth in subsection A hereof.

C. No appeal to the Supreme Court from a decision of the Court of Appealsshall be granted unless a petition for appeal is filed within thirty daysafter the date of the decision appealed from.

(Code 1950, § 8-463; 1977, cc. 2, 617; 1984, c. 703.)