The Court of Appeals may dispense with oral argument in any matter if the panel to which the matter is assigned has examined the briefs and record and unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessary because (a) the appeal is wholly without merit or (b) the dispositive issue or issues have been authoritatively decided, and the appellant has not argued that the case law should be overturned, extended, modified, or reversed.
Va. Sup. Ct. 5A:27