Opinion ID: 1305836
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: waiver of certain contentions

Text: Williams did not brief, and has therefore waived, assignments of error 10 and 24. Rule 5:27(e). Also, in his brief, Williams attempts to incorporate by reference a number of arguments he made in the trial court for consideration on appeal. We will not consider these arguments since they must be made in the appellate briefs. See Mickens, 247 Va. at 401 n. 4, 442 S.E.2d at 683 n. 4, and Jenkins v. Commonwealth, 244 Va. 445, 460-61, 423 S.E.2d 360, 370 (1992), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 113 S.Ct. 1862, 123 L.Ed.2d 483 (1993) (arguments made in trial court cannot be considered on appeal merely by reference thereto in appellate brief).