police reports
Probation conviction for dismissed count – Fairfax lawyer comments
A probation conviction (PC) can happen with a dismissed prosecution, if a new criminal law violation is still proven. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I was disappointed to see a Virginia Court of Appeals opinion (thankfully unpublished, so not binding on any court, but which...
Virginia DUI incident video can reveal disingenuous police testimony,
Virginia DUI incident video often show gross inaccuracy or worse in police descriptions of suspect behavior and appearance. As a Fairfax DWI lawyer, I know that the incidents are legion where police dash camera video and body camera video shows the opposite of law enforcement...
Support the Commonwealth’s move into the 21st century with expanded discovery rules
Apparently since the beginning of the Commonwealth of Virginia's birth, the state has had such limited criminal discovery/evidence disclosure rules that trials here for criminal defendants in many ways are trials by fire. Numerous very capable and devoted criminal defense colleagues have doggedly and skilfully...