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Pointing a gun can get a Virginia assault conviction

March 18, 2026

Pointing a gun at another person risks getting you convicted of assault in Virginia. Duane Eugene Sholl learned that the hard way by being convicted of assaulting a law enforcement officer (a Virginia Class 6 felony) and sentenced to one year of active incarceration. Sholl...

Disclosure of sentencing range is not a Virginia jury right

December 7, 2025

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...

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Pointing a gun can get a Virginia assault conviction

Disclosure of sentencing range is not a Virginia jury right

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