Jury nullification

Disclosure of your sentencing range is something you may want your Virginia criminal lawyer to do with your jury before it renders a verdict of innocent or guilty. The Virginia Court at best gives trial judges discretion to so inform jurors, but does not make...

Jury verdicts in Virginia can be attacked on arguments of judicial error or prosecutorial mis-steps, but rarely for juror error or juror misconduct. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that it is generally folly to seek appellate or other postconviction relief in Virginia for...

Virginia mistrial law gives prosecutors even wide shenanigan latitude before a criminal defendant may benefit from making a mistrial motion (MM) l and arguing that the Sixth Amendment Constitutional Double Jeopardy clause bars a retrial. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I see that the Virginia...