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Judicial interference- Fairfax criminal lawyer on its role in voir dire

August 21, 2025

Judicial interference is all too common in too many trials. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I see the risk or actuality of a prosecutor in robes, when judges start asking too many quesitons of witnesses before the jury, coach prosecutors on how to overcome their...

Anxious jurors- Fairfax criminal lawyer weighs in

December 7, 2024

Anxious jurors are a reality in criminal defense. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that such anxiety can be situational to the jury trial and deliberations themselves, and generalized to a juror's overall life experience. Your Virginia criminal lawyer can make inquiries during voir dire...

Jury panel equivocation- Fairfax criminal lawyer comments

October 13, 2024

Jury panel member equivocation can be common during the voir dire process of selecting and deselecting potential jurors / venire panel members. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that the voir dire process is so critical that some litigants spend hefty sums to hire consultants...

Jury selection- Fairfax criminal lawyer on early disclosure about sentencing

April 21, 2019

As harsh as the Virginia criminal justice system generally is when compared to its two northern neighboring jurisdictions, a blessing in Virginia is that lawyers in criminal and civil cases get to question and talk with potential jurors at length in the jury selection/ voir...

When a judge makes an improvident evidentiary ruling at trial

February 28, 2016

Trial judges have nothing to lose and often much to gain by permitting at least brief voir dire/cross examination of prosecution witnesses before a damning exhibit is offered into evidence.

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