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Hidden defenses addressed by Fairfax criminal lawyer

March 15, 2025

Hidden defenses (HD) need to be among your Virginia criminal defense lawyer's arsenal. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, by HD I mean defensive opportunities that may not be readily apparent to laypeople. Those opportunities might include Constitutional challenges seeking to suppress your statements to law...

A defense objection bars amending a Virginia charging document to change the character of the alleged offense

May 8, 2017

A conviction cannot be obtained without a charging document that sufficiently puts the defendant on notice of the crime with which s/he is being accused. Raja v. Virginia, 40 Va.App. 710 (2003). The Virginia charging document for misdemeanors in District Court will be a warrant...

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Hidden defenses addressed by Fairfax criminal lawyer

A defense objection bars amending a Virginia charging document to change the character of the alleged offense

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