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Noncompliance hearing defenses by Virginia DUI lawyer

May 17, 2019

Noncompliance proceedings are another name for allegations alleging probation violations in DUI cases. As a Virginia DUI lawyer, I know that such charges need to be fully defended. Common alleged violations that lead to noncompliance hearings include incurring new criminal charges or convictions arising from...

Fairfax DUI Defense – Handling probation violation charges and VASAP

January 12, 2018

Fairfax DUI defense and DUI defense throughout Virginia often involves dealing with probation violation charges, and dealing with VASAP (the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program). Probation violation charges are too common but typically avoidable. Registering with VASAP is mandatory for anyone convicted in Virginia for...

The Hobson’s choice of agreeing to unsavory probation conditions or risking a more severe sentence

March 16, 2017

In 2008 in Grayson County, Virginia, Circuit Court, Lara was convicted of aggravated sexual battery of a mentally incapacitated victim. He was sentenced to twenty years suspending seventeen of those years, conditioned on probation obligations including participating in psychological counseling. U.S. v. Lara, ___ F.3d....

Beware harsh probation conditions for those convicted of sex crimes

March 9, 2017

Soon after breathing a sigh of relief from being released from prison. criminal defendants then realize that their probation period will be no picnic. Rarely is probation any less of a picnic than for those convicted of sex felonies. Consider Charles D. Douglas's situation. For...

Virginia criminal law allows for lifetime probation & no contact

November 15, 2016

On September 22, 2016, the Virginia Supreme Court recounted a horror story of Minh Duy Du's committing statutory rape against his 13 year old half sister, and then using a baseball bat to bash the heads of his father and stepmother -- who tried to...

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