Virginia felony defense

Tainted identification (TI) can take place in your criminal investigation and prosecution for a whole host of alleged crimes, including sexual assault, burglary and robbery. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that your Virginia defense attorney needs to look into whether the identification of...

Fairfax preliminary hearings (PHs) for decades have been scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m. and end 4:00 p.m. on Mondays through Wednesdays. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I believe there must be a better way than to pack in scores of cases into such a...

Fairfax speedy trial (ST) rights are critical both under the Virginia Code and the Constitution, just sa they are in the rest of the commonwealth. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I always keep my eyes on this right for all my clients. On May 31,...

Virginia misdemeanor defense is serious business. Yes, as a Fairfax criminal lawyer I know that misdemeanors are less serious than felonies, but they are still crimes when committed, and a conviction for such crimes as theft, assault, drugs, and sometimes even DUI can haunt the...

Child witnesses in Virginia criminal trials sometimes get protected against full confrontation by criminal defense lawyers Child witnesses can be dangerous for Virginia criminal defendants in two evidentiary respects at trial. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that one of those two hurdles is...