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Drug distribution – Fairfax criminal lawyer on sentencing risks
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 criminal prosecutions- No more license suspensions for drug cases
Virginia criminal prosecutions resulting in convictions for drug offenses previously brought a mandatory six-month driving suspension, each run consecutively to the other count, and for 251 dispositions as well. As a Fairfax drug and criminal defense lawyer, I know that the commonwealth's law wisely changed...
Imitation Drug Sales is a Virginia Crime says Fairfax Criminal Lawyer
Imitation drug ("ID") selling does not insulate a Virginia criminal defendant from a conviction. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that an ID is "(i) a counterfeit controlled substance" or (ii) a substance that is not a controlled substance but which by such factors...
Contraband items proximity might convict says Fairfax criminal lawyer
Contraband items can come in the form of illegal drugs, illegal weapons, and a whole host of other illegal items. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that defenses against such prosecutions sometimes includes challenging the proximity of the defendant to the suspect items in...
Cocaine and drug possession definition – Virginia criminal lawyer
Cocaine is what Ella Fitzgerald gets no kick out of , but in Virginia, a conviction for the mere possession or use of cocaine or any other Schedule I or II drug kicks the defendant with a Class 5 felony offense carrying up to ten...
Achieving victory through teamwork and patience
The criminal justice system at best masquerades as more just than it is. In the American criminal justice system, countless presumed-innocent people are caged on no bond or excessive bond pretrial; too many acts that should not be criminalized are criminalized (for instance marijuana, prostitution,...