drug defense
Consent searches invite big headaches says Fairfax criminal lawyer
Consent searches not only do not serve Virginia criminal suspects' interests, but invite huge headaches that could have been avoided or minimized by simply having declined a police search. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I remind you that you have a Fourth Amendment Constitutional right...
Harsh Virginia drug laws- Fairfax criminal lawyer on avoiding them
Harsh Virginia drug laws remain despite the commonwealth's liberalization personal marijuana use. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I see this week's harsh nine-year prison sentence for Brittney Griner for smuggling less than a gram of THC oil as an opportunity for prosecutors, judges and jurors...
Multiple criminal actions risk harsh sentencing says Fairfax criminal lawyer
Multiple criminal actions mean that the perpetrator might receive a separate Virginia criminal charge for each such action, rather than having them all rolled into one criminal accusation. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the concept of a harsher sentence for more criminal...
Marijuana Odor to No Longer Allow VA Police Searches
Marijuana odor detection is a favorite of law enforcement to justify detaining and arresting people; searching them, their vehicles and their other property; and obtaining search warrants to seek further evidence of criminal activity. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer and civil libertarian, I am overjoyed...
Addiction – Fairfax criminal lawyer on breaking addictive behavior
Addiction is an issue for numerous criminal defense clients, particularly in DUI, drug possession, and sex cases alleging child pornography and indecent liberties. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I repeatedly recommend substance programs to my Virginia DUI and drug clients, and psychological counseling for clients...
Private prisons are subject to Miranda says Fairfax drug lawyer
Private prisons and private jails abound in the United States, and are popular with many investors. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, my concerns about private prisons include the risk that the prisons will put investors' profit interests above treating inmates right, and about possible limited...
The lengths to which the courts allow the Fourth Amendment to be stretched to its breaking point
This police state still exists because too many people support and tolerate it, and because it has taken on a life of its own. The police state can still be reversed, but we need to work together and doggedly to reverse it.