摘要：A judge asks you to present her with a
copy of the Virginia Code section you are
referencing in court, or she asks you to
provide a copy of the Supreme Court of
Virginia opinion you cited. You used
Virginia state government websites to
find both the code section and the court
opinion. This is easy, right? You give
her the copy of what you found
online. But could there be a problem?
Is the court opinion that you
retrieved from the court website
considered an official version of the
court opinion? Has the Virginia
Code section that you provided
been authenticated to establish its
legitimacy? Do these issues matter, and
do they have any practical effect on your
work as an attorney?
