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Virginia DUI Trial Risk can Increase with your Statements to the Police
Virginia DUI trial loss can be a greater risk by your un-Mirandized statements to police. As a Fairfax DWI lawyer, I know that the difference between a conviction and acquittal in driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs cases so often depends on how...
Limits on police power to arrest for misdemeanors not committed in their presence
Image from National Institute of Standards & Technology. Last year, I blogged about a 6-5 Virginia intermediate appellate court opinion affirming a drunk driving conviction where the DWI was allegedy committed on private property not used as a thoroughfare, and not committed in the presence...
When judges rule 6-5 on a defendant’s offer to take a breathalyzer test
Image from National Institute of Standards & Technology. An officer arrested a man for DWI on private property, and was not sure whether he would mention the possibility of taking a breathalyzer test, not knowing whether Virginia’s implied consent law for taking a breathalyzer test...