Underdog Blog – Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer | Virginia DUI Attorney

Warrantless searches (WS's) of people are so commonplace that it is important to underline that probable cause alone does not justify a warrantless search of the person's body and clothing without an accompanying arrest. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I read with satisfaction this week's...

Fairfax holiday weekend DUI arrests tend to proceed at a higher rate than on ordinary days, with police patrolling in greater numbers anticipating more arrests available to effectuate. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer -- representing those accused under Virginia Code § 18.2-266 for allegedly driving under...

Secrets (S's) are not needed for a great Virginia criminal lawyer to obtain victory in court. Or are they? As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that there are no S's to how to execute the approaches and moves for obtaining great court results. Then...

Hiring a DUI lawyer is not about who is the most flashy or smooth, but who will obtain the best possible results for you in court. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I remember one of my favorite criminal defense trial teachers looking as ordinary as...

Virginia criminalized speech laws are several. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the appellate courts afford less -- if any, in some instances -- First Amendment free expression protection to such criminalized speech and expression as as obscenity, child pornography, death threats and...

Fairfax probation conditions -- as with the rest of Virginia - - may not ban internet access other than what is allowed by one's probation agent. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I understand sentencing judges' temptation to rely no the seeming expertise and regular contact...

Vehicle contraband searches are viewed by plenty of police as being almost as worthwhile as bear waiting to eat spawning salmon swimming upstream. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the reason that police so often do not issue traffic infraction citations for people...

Fairfax District Court (FDC) judges -- and all judges -- know the fully finite personnel and other resources available to adjudicate not only felony and misdemeanor cases, but also the slew of traffic infractions and civil cases that annually come to the courthouse. As a...

Fairfax DUI plea negotiations on the whole are more favorable to defendants charged with drunk driving / driving under the influence of alcohol, liquor, beer, wine or drugs under Virginia Code§ 18.2-266,than under the previous Fairfax County, Virginia prosecutorial regime that lasted for decades. However,...

Wagging tongues abound around criminal defendants like vultures around a dying cow. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that such behavior can take the form of arrestees trying to dig themselves out of long prison sentences by setting up drug dealers to sell to...