Underdog Blog – Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer | Virginia DUI Attorney

Citizen's arrests (CA's) are permitted to a certain extent by Virginia appellate caselaw. As a Fairrax criminal lawyer, I know that a police officer without jurisdiction to act as a police officer generally is empowered by Virginia appellate caselaw to detain and arrest people the...

Breakthrough settlement negotiations are key in criminal defense. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that merely going throug the motions without the attorney's putting their heart and sould into it can be as effective as trying to break a glass with a wet noodle....

Virginia DWI blood (VDB) draw trials require the live testimony of the blood analyst before the testing results can be admitted into evidence, unless the defense fails to file with the court a correct timely objection to a and crrectly-filed notice of intention by the...

Extended police stops that have no Constitutionnal basis, are ripe for challeging as a Constitutional Fourth Amendment violation. As a Fairfax riminal lawyer, I know that numerous poice like to elongate their interaction with a suspect in order to fish for evidence of criminal activity,...

Video evidence (VE) can help or haunt a prosecuted person. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that VE can act as its own witness, with the watcher giving more credence to such footage than to live testimony, unless concerned about doctored, partially deleted, or...

Knives and other potential and actual weapons should not be carried concealed before you know the relevant Virginia criminal law. which starts primarily at Virginia Code § 18.2-308 , which mainly provides: "A. If any person carries about his person, hidden from common observation, (i) any...

Plea negotiations are a vital part of criminal defense. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that ideally no innocent person will plead guilty, no contest / nolo contendere, or Alford, and that people who committed crimes should not automatically deviate from pleading not guilty. In...

Mutual combat (MC) is among the possible defenses against a Virginia assault charge. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the best defense against an assault charge is to keep one's arms and legs to oneself to avoid an assault prosecution in the first...

Assaulting police officers in Virginia has for the longest time been a Class 6 felony jailable for a mandatory minimum of six months in jail. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I regret that proposals thus far to ameliorate this harshness have not yet come to...

Exploiting the absence of essential prosecution witnesses is essenital for the accused. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that such absence does not always mean victory, because sometimes the witness shows up after all, sometimes the prosecutor finds a workable alternative witness or peace...