As harsh as the Virginia criminal justice system generally is when compared to its two northern neighboring jurisdictions, a blessing in Virginia is that lawyers in criminal and civil cases get to question and talk with potential jurors at length in the jury selection/ voir...
Jurors in criminal and civil trials are obligated to follow their oath, which includes being fair and impartial, and not favoring one witness over another on the basis of the witness's profession nor personal connection to the juror....
Today, the United States Court of Appeals confirmed that said court has "never held that counsel can be relinquished by means short of waiver." Consequently, the trial court's finding of forfeiture of counsel by felony defendant Phillip Ductan's uncooperative pretrial behavior during his criminal trial was...
