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Virginia magistrates aren’t your friends says Fairfax criminal lawyer

November 23, 2022

Virginia magistrates (VM's) must be dealt with cautiously by criminal defendants. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, They are not your friends, as they have their own employment obligations. Deal with them prudently and respectfully, and they might give you good results. Deal with them disrespectfully,...

Virginia Circuit Court judges must articulate bond denial reasons

April 27, 2022

Virginia Circuit Court judges must articulate the reason for their denying bond / bail / pretrial release to a criminal defendant, for the reasons addressed below. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I have experienced District Court judges who do not state those reasons. Their reasoning...

Pretrial detention presumptions nixed by Virginia legislation

March 21, 2021

Pretrial detention presumptions are reversed by Virginia legislation awaiting the governor’s signature Pretrial detention (PD) presumptions are a reality for presumed-innocent people prosecuted in Virginia for alleged designated repeat drug felony charges, robbery, other violent crimes, and other felonies. This is an even more serious...

Pretrial release- Fairfax lawyer on cash bond reform

February 17, 2019

Pretrial release for criminal defendants involves the defendant's promise to appear timely for all court dates, pretrial release conditions and/or cash bonds/ bail. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer speaking for my clients' interests, I want my asset-limited clients to not have to struggle to pay...

Virginia’s presumption of no bail law gets no presumption of innocence offset

February 16, 2018

Virginia's presumption of no bail law gets no presumption of innocence offset, as confirmed this week by Virginia's Supreme Court. Virginia v. Duse, ___ Va. ___ (Feb. 12, 2018). As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know the harshness of Virginia (Va. Code § 19.2-120) and...

Court arrest warrants – Fairfax criminal lawyer’s tips – Part 2

November 29, 2017

As a Fairfax, Virginia, criminal lawyer, I know that when a risk exists that the Virginia magistrate will not let the defendant be released on bail, the criminal defense lawyer needs to be ready to arrange a bond hearing before a judge as soon as...

Arrest warrants – Fairfax criminal lawyer on how to handle them – Part 1

November 28, 2017

Arrest warrants should never be ignored. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer and Virginia DUI attorney, I know that ignoring them leaves the warrants a chance to catch up on the defendant in unforeseen and undesirable ways. Arrest warrants ordinarily get issued as a result of...

Federal criminal defense during Jeff Sessions’ time as attorney general

December 4, 2016

Criminal defendants and everyone else are not in for a pretty time during Donald Trump's presidency. Trump is no friend of the Bill of Rights and civil liberties and is likely to nominate plenty of candidates for the Supreme Court and lower federal courts who...

Justice Department on pretrial jailing- Not okay for mere indigency but okay for drug charges

August 28, 2016

We need to reverse federal and state laws creating no-bail presumptions for designated felonies.

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