Fairfax criminal lawyer

Resetting court dates has been happening since March 2020, due to Virginia Supreme Court's Covid-19-related judicial emergency orders. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the most recent and fourth state Supreme Court judicial emergency order (issued May 6) continues jury trials but lets...

Burglary convictions are not automatically avoided merely because the suspect initially ran out of sight, and was masked. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that such factors as the suspect's body size, proximity to the burglary location (both in terms of location and time),...

Booze is a big business in Virginia. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the Virginia governor lists liquor stores (only government-run stores may sell alcoholic beverages other than beer and wine) as essential businesses on par with grocery stores during is stay at...

Hearsay is an out of court statement offered into evidence at trial to prove the truth of the matter asserted therein. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that hearsay generally is inadmissible at trial unless an applicable evidentiary exception applies. When it comes to...

420 is another word for marijuana, referencing a 4:20 p.m. time to toke and today's 4/20 date to celebrate. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer. I  spiritedly defend against marijuana and other drug prosecutions, running from simple possession to multiple plants and distribution / possession with...

Violating a green light by waiting six seconds led to Richard Duane Joyce, Jr.'s traffic stop and subsequent conviction for DUI. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I see the appellate court's affirmance of Joyce's conviction -- Joyce v. Virginia, __ Va. App. __ (April 14,...

Inmate depopulation is making inroads at various levels during Covid-19, with the realization that doing so not only protects the health of inmates, but also of jail and prison employees, and the general public who will encounter inmates upon the inevitable release of those not...

Assault trial court dates require full preparation for litigation battle. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that an assault conviction is a scarlet letter on one's criminal record and reputation, and that any parallel protective order proceeding needs to be fully defended as well....

Cops have extraordinary power in our overly-policed state, that stands in sharp contract to the ideal of our living in a free society in the United States. Instead, as a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that have too much of a police state, and this...

Profanity is prohibited by Virginia law in the following context: "If any person profanely curses or swears or is intoxicated in public, whether such intoxication results from alcohol, narcotic drug or other intoxicant or drug of whatever nature, he shall be deemed guilty of a...