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Child neglect- Fairfax criminal lawyer on the defenses

hild neglect prosecutions can arise in many circumstances, including death or illness from allegedly administering the wrong medicine, and alleged driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the ideal for treating children in your care is...

Suppression appeals- Fairfax criminal lawyer comments

Suppression appeals by Virginia assistant commonwealth's attorneys / prosecutors are not automatically precluded by res judicata / estoppel grounds. Perez Flores v. Commonwealth of Virginia, ___ Va. App. ___ (Oct. 1, 2024). As a Fairfax lawyer, moving to integrate my suppression motion into the trial is...

Difficult factfinders- Fairfax criminal lawyer comments

Difficult factfinder and other challenging litigation situations abound with criminal defense, whether from harsh laws, prosecution-friendly procedures and evidentiary rules, biased jurors, judges who do not give the defense enough time to prepare and present their case, deaf-acting prosecutors, or police acting irritated when Virginia...

Fairfax plea negotiating- Is the victim on board?

Fairfax plea negotiating -- as in the rest of commonwealth -- is an art that involves not only the Virginia criminal defendant, but also the criminal defense lawyer, the prosecutor / assistant commonwealth's attorney, the purported victim(s) and the judge. On top of that are...

Hiding the PBT ball can get whacked, says Fairfax DUI lawyer

Several times, I have won Virginia DWI trials by keeping out the preliminary breath test (PBT) results for police hiding/ failure to clearly advise the drunk driving suspect prosecuted under Virginia Code § 18.2-266 that they have the right to refuse the test, or by...