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Virginia drug law needs reform for treatment over punishment
Virginia drug law is overly harsh and too merciless. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know not only the damage done to Virginia criminal defendants by the decades-long drug wars, but also the excessive cost to our tax dollars and government budgets, and how the...
Courts regularly sign search warrants says Fairfax criminal lawyer
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...
Virginia object sexual penetration law- Fairfax criminal lawyer’s view
Virginia object sexual penetration and other felony sex crime convictions risk prison sentences so long as to theoretically be a deterrent to many people. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that even consensual sexual activity risks claims of rape and other sexual assault, with that...
Fairfax reckless & refusal converted by me from 2nd DUI charge
Fairfax reckless driving and first-time refusal results are far from guaranteed when a defendant is prosecuted for a second alleged Virginia DUI and refusal offense. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I am delighted when my client and I reach such excellent results, as I did...
Story power- Virginia criminal lawyer on persuasion through storytelling
“Did you do it?” “Did you kill Horace Jones?” Thus began the powerfully persuasive direct examination by lawyer JD with his client Zach Carson. Zach was so despondent after losing the love of his life, that he confessed to a murder he did not commit,...
Fairfax speedy trial denial affirmed by Virginia Court of Appeals
Fairfax speedy trial (ST) rights are critical both under the Virginia Code and the Constitution, just sa they are in the rest of the commonwealth. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I always keep my eyes on this right for all my clients. On May 31,...
Virginia DUI lawyers can turn police words to winning use
Virginia DUI lawyers have much beneficial material to mine from police testimony, their incident reports, and incident video. This includes challenging roadside field sobriety testing performed by law enforcement on those suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs in violation of Virginia...
Shooting defense in Virginia addressed by Fairfax criminal lawyer
Shooting into an occupied building risks a Virginia felony prosecution and conviction. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I read with interest one of the more recent Virginia Court of appeals opinions that deal with several critical aspects of such defense. Meade v. Virginia, ___ Va. App. ___...
Cross examining police in Virginia DUI prosecutions – Fairfax lawyer’s view
Cross examining (CE or Xexamine) police is an essential tool for the defense against Virginia DUI prosecutions. As a Fairfax DWI lawyer, I know that the Constitution's Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause and Virginia appellate court caselaw guarantee this CE right. I also know that many...
Convicting for assault requires an overt acts says Virginia criminal lawyer
Convicting for assault in the commonwealth requires an overt act, says Virginia criminal lawyer Convicting for assault (for instance under Virginia Code § 18.2-57 cannot merely happen with testimony that the complainant / alleged victim feared the defendant for his or her threatening words. As...