Criminal Defense

Fairfax judicial responses -- and a judge's response in any Virginia county for that matter -- sometimes will not approve a negotiated settlement / plea deal reached between a Virginia criminal lawyer and an assistant commonwealth's attorney. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that...

Fairfax prosecution reforms were recently listed here on the chief county commonwealth attorney's social media page. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I have repeatedly said that the current Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office is overall more beneficial to criminal defendants than with the prior two...

Shooting while others do the same risks a Virginia murder conviction if someone gets killed in the process. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that this concept is called being a principal in the second degree. The Virginia Model Jury Instructions in that regard...

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...

Virginia criminal statutes do not always means what their plain words seem to say. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I warn that this is a reason by itself for a Virginia DUI or criminal defendant to at least timely consult with a qualified lawyer about...

Fairfax continuances are common -- but not assured -- in that county's General District Court on the first-scheduled trial date. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that one of four things will happen in this and any other court on a Virginia criminal or...

Eyewitness (EW) absence is common in homicide prosecutions and many other prosecutions, leading the Virginia commonwealth's attorney's office to rely heavily on circumstantial evidence and any criminal defendant statements in their effort to pursue a conviction. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that Virginia's...

Courts routinely sign search warrants. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the execution of search warrants often turns up very sensitive and person material and information that is irrelevant to the related criminal investigation, and that police often leave the searched premises as...

Fairfax felony defense needs to be as fully defended today as before the county's self-described progressive chief prosecutor took office over two years ago. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know this to be so not only from common sense but also from my experience...

Female toplessness is prosecutable in Virginia, but can be defended at the very least on claims that the display is non-obscene. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I was interviewed on this topic by Newsy Television, which broadcast this segment on August 23, 2022, which can...