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Anger can bar a self defense acquittal says Fairfax criminal lawyer

August 27, 2023

Anger can seriously harm a claim of self defense against an assault conviction. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that running one's mouth and not diffusing tension can also work against a self defense claim. A prime example of that came this month with...

Virginia battery law- Fairfax criminal lawyer on excessive force

May 12, 2023

Virginia battery law -- also known as assault law -- gives the least anxiety to a criminal defendant by their having avoided physical confrontation in the first place. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that once a person is a Virginia assault defendant, a...

Virginia assault defense does not automatically win by child discipline claim

December 14, 2021

Virginia assault defense has always had available the defense of reasonable child discipline without anger by the person administering the corporal punishment. As a Fairfax assault defense lawyer, I know that the defense of disciplining one's minor children requires a showing of due moderation without...

Pushing a cop is an assault in Virginia, says Fairfax criminal lawyer

March 8, 2021

Pushing a police officer is a Virginia felony offense, says Fairfax criminal lawyer Pushing a police officer — absent legal justification to do so — is a Virginia felony offense. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I read that Juan Luis Lopez was unsuccessful in arguing...

Aggravated Assault Defense – Criminal Lawyer on Malicious Wounding

October 22, 2020

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 of stolen contraband is still robbery says Fairfax criminal lawyer

May 10, 2020

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...

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