Drugs

Fairfax drug defense calls for the Virginia criminal defense lawyer to be highly skilled at controlled substance defense specifically and criminal defense generally; knowledgeable about the relevant science, statutory law, and caselaw on the topic; and ready to obtain, analyze, deconstruct, reverse and tear apart...

Virginia controlled substance prosecutions are part of the the failed drug war that wounds and destroys lives in its path. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I have successfully defended hundreds of drug defendants over the years. Drug defense is an opportunity to stand up for...

Virginia drug law is overly harsh and too merciless. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know not only the damage done to Virginia criminal defendants by the decades-long drug wars, but also the excessive cost to our tax dollars and government budgets, and how the...

Drug prosecutions are widespread in Virginia, and curfews give police easier pickings of criminal suspects. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that various jurisdictions impose curfews, even though curfews seriously harm our civil liberties. The curfews give police a green light to make additional...

Proximity to contraband is the last situation you want to be in. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know how unfair are applicable Virginia and federal appellate caselaw that allows contraband convictions for being within arms reach of unlawful drugs, unlawfully present weapons, and other...

Harsh Virginia drug laws remain despite the commonwealth's liberalization personal marijuana use. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I see this week's harsh nine-year prison sentence for Brittney Griner for smuggling less than a gram of THC oil as an opportunity for prosecutors, judges and jurors...

Virginia drug overdose situations have the potential of barring a conviction when the criminal defendant meets the standards of the commonwealth's good samaritan law for ovedosing drug users. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I find it wonderful that -- for the time being -- overdosing...

Drug distribution (DD) is a damning Virginia criminal charge that anyone would want to avoid. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I here tell you about your negotiating possiblities and sentencing exposure and possiblities when charge dwith such an offense. Because of the harsh potential sentencing...

Virginia mistrial law gives prosecutors even wide shenanigan latitude before a criminal defendant may benefit from making a mistrial motion (MM) l and arguing that the Sixth Amendment Constitutional Double Jeopardy clause bars a retrial. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I see that the Virginia...

Virginia LEO (law enforcement officers) do not automatically get the right under the Constitution's Fourth Amendment to search a car or other place merely for seeing an alcohol bottle that is not sealed together with some drug contraband, because that is not probable cause by...