felony prosecutions

Virginia sealing law is part of the wave of criminal law reforms that resulted during the 2020 and 2021 legislative sessions in the commonwealth as a result of Democratic control of the legislative and executive branches of government, as well as who filled those seats....

Virginia criminal evidence law will not save a defendant from the jury's from knowing the racism he has spewed, when relevant to the intent element of his prosecution. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know how badly criminal defendants' injudiciously-uttered words can come back to...