Virginia Assault Defense

Aggravated assault is an apt phrase for characterizing Virginia's malicious wounding statute. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I read with a dropped jaw at Lennis McNair, Jr.'s ability to convince a judge to sentence him only to three months active jail time, despite being convicted...

Robbery in Virginia is sentenced harshly. from five years to life in prison. As a Fairfax criminal defense lawyer, I know that it is folly for an accused robber of contraband or its proceeds, to assert innocence on the basis of the defendant's ownership of...