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Multiple counts from one alleged act- Fairfax criminal lawyer speaks
Multiple crimes can be prosecuted against you even if you have only committed one allegedly unlawful act. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that success is not always assured in arguing against the Double Jeopardy prohibition of the Constitution's Bill of Rights. Not only...
Challenging showup identifications – Fairfax criminal lawyer on Fourth Amendment defense
Challenging showup identifications is a must for criminal defendants whose guilt or innocence rises or falls on post-crime identification by the alleged crime victim or witnesses to the incident. Daquan Lamar Scott's lawyers knew about and pursued challenging showup identifications, but Scott nonetheless got convicted...
Robber’s mere threat of having a handgun permits felony firearm conviction
People need to be careful of their words, lest they end up eating those words. Randell Linlaw learned that the hard way. Kinlaw entered a tanning salon, and passed the employee a note proclaiming  words along the lines of "I have a gun. I don’t want to...