Criminal Defense

Police raid activity is filled with adrenaline by police and their suspects, civilians being taken by surprise, and the moment of truth of helping to save one's skin by asserting one's right to remain silent and to a lawyer, or to do the opposite, thus inviting...

Annoyance, harassment and online trespass can be crimes in Virginia. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I post this second part of a two-part article on this area of the criminal law in the commonwealth. Part one is here. In key part, Virginia's computer annoyance trespass...

Harassment in one form or another risks a Virginia prosecution under one or more parts of the Virginia Code.  As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I here address Virginia's key statutes prohibiting such conduct. Among the most commonly used Virginia statutes in this category are those...

Virginia drug lawyer work involves dealing with a harsh sentencing scheme, if the defendant gets convicted. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I knoow that the good samaritan ("GS") law is not only essential for reviewing when a drug overdose is involved, but that the GS...

Fairfax criminal defense -- and defense in all criminal courts -- includes making every effort to exclude all adverse statements actually and allegedly made by the defendant. As a Virginia criminal lawyer, I look at the totality of the circumstances for such challenges, including the...

Bottlenecked jury trials are the current reality in Virginia during the coronavirus, with unincarcerated criminal defendants still needing to wait many months to get their cases before a jury. As a Fairfax criminal defense lawyer, I see the opportunities, risks and challenges in this state...

Virginia assault is a damning accusation, says Fairfax criminal defense lawyer Virginia assault -- also known as assault and battery ("A&B") -- is among the most damning misdemeanors that a person could be charged with. As a Fairfax assault lawyer and Virginia criminal attorney, I know...

Indecent exposure ("IE") is a Virginia Class 1 misdemeanor, jailable  up to one year with a fine up to #2,500.00. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that Virginia's anti-nudity laws cover a wide range of behavior, from what should be socially and legally permissible...

Warrantless Virginia misdemeanor arrests may spell a prosecutor’s defeat when the cop is not a witness, says Fairfax criminal lawyer Warrantless Virginia misdemeanor arrests call for careful criminal defense attorney analysis about the permissibility or not of that arrest when the police officer did not...

Deadlines for initiating Virginia misdemeanor prosecutions -- also known as the statute of limitations -- are generally one year. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that limitations are placed on prosecuting misdemeanors so that potential crime suspects may avoid spending their entire lives not...