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Fairfax LEO cooperation pressure- VA criminal lawyer comments
Fairfax LEO cooperation (LEO means law enforcement officer) is a buzzword with many Fairfax County, Virginia, police who seek new drug suspects to investigate, arrest and prosecute. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that such a police approach is not limited only to police...
Fairfax cop calls- Virginia lawyer cautions about answering them
Fairfax cop calls to suspects are common. Many of my Virginia criminal defendant clients for drug and other cases tell me that they gave the police their phone number and that the law enforcement officer followed up with them by phone. Savvy police know that...
Conspiracy can exist between heroin seller & buyer- Fairfax drug lawyer
Conspiracy charges enable prosecutors to seek convictions for an agreement to commit a crime (together with a step towards effectuating the crime) even when the actual agreed crime is not completed. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that plenty of drug buyers are acting...
Challenges in dealing with fellow criminal defense lawyers
Many times I write about addressing challenges in dealing with clients, judges, juries, prosecutors and witnesses. Another challenge sometimes arises in dealing with fellow criminal defense lawyers, including in the following ways: