Drugs

Texts (TXTS) about actual or potential drug deals too often litter the seized cellphones of suspected drug dealers. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I too often see cellphone extractions of my alleged drug dealing clients that have incriminating incoming and outgoing drug transaction communications out...

Drug dogs (DDs) run rampant with police departments / law enforcement officer (LEO) departments, sniffing for drugs, explosives and other evidence. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that a dozen years ago, the federal Supreme Court by a 5-4 decision found that the Constitution's...

Blurts run amok with too many people stopped by police. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I shook my head in my hand as I read about this blurt from now-convicted Virginia drug and gun defendant David Witcher, who went down at his non-jury trial: “'I...

Drug running [DR] can be proven by your online activities, and all the more so when you admit to your connection to those activities. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I am amazed at how often Virginia criminal defendants bring themselves closer to an arrest, prosecution,...

Fairfax drug court (FDC): Is it hype more than help or the reverse? As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that it is better to have one's criminal prosecution dismissed than convicted, but also know that it is more desireble to have an outright prosecution...

Fairfax Veterans Treatment Docket (FVTD)- Is it worth your while? As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that this is not an option in every Virginia County. What does this docket entail? First, several years ago this aspect of the Fairfax courthouse got spearheaded partly...

Circumstantial evidence (CE) is distinguished from direct evidence, which is evidence that can prove a matter without needing deduction nor induction. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that CE "is competent and is entitled to as much weight as direct evidence provided that the...

Drug scheduling and Virginia sentencing defense are key things to consider when fighting your controlled substance prosecution, whether that be for allegations of  possession / use, dealing, or manufacturing. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I have successfully defended hundreds of people accused of controlled substance...

Drug selling (DS) of the illegal kind cannot be explained logically other than if a business venture (unless guided to help others with beneficial yet unapproved medicine, for instance psychedelics) with a sufficient consideration of the involved risks of criminal prosecution and conviction, violence, and...

Arrest warrants (AWs) enable police to target you for a stop and a fishing trip or otherwise to seek evidence of criminal activity beyond the warrant itself. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I am unsurprised that the Virginia Court of Appeals recently affirmed the Schedule...