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Fairfax County Democrat Prosecutor Accused of Obstructing Probe into Preferential Treatment for Illegal Alien Defendants

Fairfax County, Virginia, Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano (D) is obstructing a congressional investigation into whether his office gives preferential treatment to illegal alien...

Car passenger detention after traffic stop OK

The Court of Appeals of Virginia ruled police can detain a car passenger during a lawful parking violation stop without individualized reasonable suspicion. The post Car passenger...

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With fewer public defenders, indigent defendants pay the price

AUSTIN, Texas — It was a good day for the defense. Standing in front of a judge in Austin’s Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center, attorney Matthew Shrum secured a ruling that...

Fort Worth Criminal Defense Attorney Shares Steps That May Help Get A Case Dismissed

DC Office of the Attorney General (OAG): “This is not normal, or legal, and we cannot become numb to it.”

From the DC Office of the Attorney General (OAG): “Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb issued the below statement following today’s hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D...

Criminal – Federal Criminal Rule 32 wasn’t violated during sentencing

Although the district court imposed its sentence before hearing the entirety of defense counsel’s sentencing arguments, because the defense counsel then stated that he thought he “...

With fewer public defenders, indigent defendants pay the price

AUSTIN, Texas — It was a good day for the defense. Standing in front of a judge in Austin’s Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center, attorney Matthew Shrum secured a ruling that...

Criminal – Failure to appear conviction is reversed

Where the defendant was convicted of failing to appear, but the Commonwealth failed to prove that he did so knowingly, the conviction was reversed. The post Criminal – Failure to a...

Attorney general’s office creates unit to enforce firearm industry law

Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones launches the FAIR Unit to enforce new firearm industry standards under recently passed state laws. The post Attorney general’s office creates un...

Loudoun County Man Accused of Murdering Realtor Wife Says He Will Represent Himself in Court

Roger Bradford appeared via video in Loudoun County court on Wednesday. Read More

With fewer public defenders, indigent defendants pay the price

AUSTIN, Texas — It was a good day for the defense. Standing in front of a judge in Austin’s Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center, attorney Matthew Shrum secured a ruling that...

Fairfax County police officer, a 23-year veteran on the force charged, accused of shoplifting

A Fairfax County Police Department officer faces two counts of misdemeanor shoplifting after, the department says, he shoplifted from two local Target stores.

Search & Seizure – Police had reasonable suspicion to detain defendant

The Virginia Court of Appeals reversed the circuit court's suppression of evidence after police had reasonable suspicion to detain Charlie Ray Surida Jr. in Alexandria. The post Se...

Virginia Sanctuary City Frees Illegal Alien from Jail Despite Child Sex Crime Charges

Officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, released an illegal alien from police custody despite child sexual abuse charges against him and an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

Nonprofit offering free CLE for suicide prevention awareness

KEYS 365, a Fairfax County nonprofit, offers a free VSB-approved CLE on suicide prevention best practices for the legal community on Sept. 9. The post Nonprofit offering free CLE f...

Crossing guards to return to Fairfax County high schools

Crossing guards will return to certain Fairfax County high schools as the county evaluates the issue, according to a release from Board of Supervisors Chair Jeff McKay. Fairfax...

Officers could detain, arrest defendant in Alexandria park 

The Court of Appeals of Virginia ruled officers had probable cause and reasonable suspicion to detain and arrest Charlie Ray Surida Jr. in an Alexandria park assault case. The post...

D4vd Pleads Not Guilty as Public Defender Takes Over Case

*Musician D4vd, legally known as David Anthony Burke, pleaded not guilty Monday during his second arraignment after a judge denied a request to delay the proceeding. Public defende...

Prisons – Prisoner’s civil rights’ suit is reinstated

Where the district court dismissed a prisoner’s complaint because he failed to comply with the magistrate judge’s directive to pay the filing fee or provide a completed prisoner tr...

Search & Seizure – Defendant had probable cause to detain defendant

Where defendant was sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle while illegally parked in a handicapped space, officers did not need reasonable suspicion that defendant was personal...

Criminal – Defendant’s technical violation conviction is reversed

Where the court agreed with the parties that the circuit court erred by imposing a one-year sentence of incarceration for the defendant’s first technical violation, his conviction...

Search and seizure – Search warrant application provided insufficient basis to search premises

Where a search warrant application failed to establish a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime would have been found in the location to be searched, and a […] The...

Community Tip Leads to Arrest in Reston Burglary Investigation and Recovery of Stolen Firearm

During the arrest, Fairfax County police officers recovered a stolen AR-15-style rifle. Read More