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Enter the courtroom swinging, says Fairfax criminal lawyer

Enter the courtroom swinging, because criminal court is proverbial war. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I have benefitted from applying this analogy to boxing, modified by doing so in a calculated, prepared and fearless way. Virginia criminal defendants might feel unease at being in criminal...

Snapchat drug dealing & cop stings- Fairfax criminal lawyer’s view

Snapchat is not exclusively the denizen of younger people. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that police follow the trail of criminal activity, including when it happens on Snapchat, other social media, and anywhere else on the Internet. Do not be lulled into any...

Presumptive police stops- Fairfax criminal lawyer opposes a regression

Presumptive police stops (PPSs) involve stopping a person for a purported minor reason with the intention of looking for possible evidence of more serious law violations. PPSs include stops for excessive window tint, a dangling object from one's window mirror, and not wearing a safety...

Fairfax weapons defense lawyer on airport prosecutions

Fairfax weapons charges and all charges for weapons offenses need to be treated seriously and aggressively by criminal defendants. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know warn any weapons conviction is serious. My office is a close drive to the two major Northern Virginia airports,...

Fairfax police shortage- How does it affect my criminal defense?

Fairfax police shortage is in the news, with the county police department  short two hundred law enforcement officers (LEOs). As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I see this shortage as an opportunity to reassess our overly-policed nation. Public safety and sufficient pay, terms and conditions for...

Virginia probation supervision is a pain, says Fairfax criminal lawyer

Virginia probation supervision invites more risks of probation violation charges and convictions therefor, than when on unsupervised probation. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I talk to my clients about how seriously probation conditions must be taken when probation is a part of their sentencing. Probation...

Aggravated Assault Defense – Criminal Lawyer on Malicious Wounding

Aggravated assault is an apt phrase for characterizing Virginia's malicious wounding statute. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I read with a dropped jaw at Lennis McNair, Jr.'s ability to convince a judge to sentence him only to three months active jail time, despite being convicted...

Federal executions resume- Fairfax criminal lawyer advocates abolition

Federal executions have resumed this year after a 17 year informal moratorium over the course of botched executions and court challenges. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that defending any murder or homicide case is demanding enough as is, and defending a capital punishment...

Imitation Drug Sales is a Virginia Crime says Fairfax Criminal Lawyer

Imitation drug ("ID") selling does not insulate a Virginia criminal defendant from a conviction. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that an ID is "(i) a counterfeit controlled substance" or (ii) a substance that is not a controlled substance but which by such factors...