Virginia criminal lawyer

Case outcomes for criminal defendants can improve overall when Fairfax prosecutors bow out of most misdemeanor matters. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I recently experienced such benefit. Although a prosecutor can be more reliable for producing discovery in conformity with Virginia Rule 7C:5 and Brady v....

Contraband items can come in the form of illegal drugs, illegal weapons, and a whole host of other illegal items. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that defenses against such prosecutions sometimes includes challenging the proximity of the defendant to the suspect items in...

Resetting court dates has been happening since March 2020, due to Virginia Supreme Court's Covid-19-related judicial emergency orders. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the most recent and fourth state Supreme Court judicial emergency order (issued May 6) continues jury trials but lets...

Inventory searches of impounded cars are impermissible if they do not follow previously-implemented and Constitutional inventory procedures. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I am delighted that the Virginia Court of Appeals this month reversed a firearm conviction, where a handgun was found without probable cause under...

Jury trials happen so infrequently as a percentage of criminal prosecutions in Northern Virginia that it is all the more important to assure that one's criminal defense and DUI lawyer has sufficient jury trial experience. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I have tried dozens of...

Caregivers should think twice before agreeing to be entrusted with minors. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know this by simply considering the following Virginia statute: "Any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a child under the age of 18 whose...

Revoking probation is risked by Virginia probationers when the judge has reasonable cause to do so. Va. Code § 19.2-306; Whitehead v. Commonwealth, 278 Va. 105, 677 S.E.2d 265 (2009), modified, 684 S.E.2d 577 (2009). As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I make clear to my...

Unrattled courthouse combat is the only way to proceed, underlines Fairfax criminal lawyer Unrattled battling truly is the only way to for the criminal defense side to approach the courthouse and courtroom. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I have repeatedly experienced the essential truism of...

Cracks are irreversible in the teflon approach with which many people have viewed the police, in many ways arising from the many police abuses that have drawn widespread public and media attention over the last few years. These cracks are important to reversing our overly...

Fleeing from police might cross a criminal suspect's mind. However, as a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that disregarding law enforcement officer commands to stop can lead not only to serious criminal and sentencing liability, but to adverse consequences with such collateral matters as security...