life sentencing

Virginia DWI defense- Attacking claim of substantially similar criminal convictions

June 1, 2017

Part of defending such allegations is not only to challenge the newest DWI charge, but also to attack whether the prosecution has proven the prior convictions, and whether any prior out-of-state DWI conviction are substantially similar to Virginia's DWI statute. Va Code § 18.2-270(E). Virginia's...

SCOTUS strengthens giving retroactive effect to its procedural opinions benefitting criminal defendants

January 25, 2016

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court gave retrospective effect to Miller v. Alabama, 567 U. S. ___ (2012), which prohibits mandatory, versus discretionary, life without parole sentences for those who committed crimes while under eighteen years old.

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life sentencing

Virginia DWI defense- Attacking claim of substantially similar criminal convictions

SCOTUS strengthens giving retroactive effect to its procedural opinions benefitting criminal defendants

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