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01 December 2003

From pulpit to prison to pulpit.
Author: Ken Lammers on 12/01/2003
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Virginia CrimLaw

  • LAWS
  • Va.'s Versions of Mayhem (malicious wounding et al): 4 In One Statute ~ Graphic
  • Aggravated Malicious Wounding
  • THEFT CRIME
  • Defining Larceny
  • Types of Larceny (Grand is now $1,000)
  • Attempts and Conspiracies
  • Theft from a Spouse
  • Theft of Lost Items
  • Abandoned, Lost or Mislaid
  • Theft From Dead People
  • Theft of Papers (Checks)
  • Theft of Social Services
  • Theft of Animals
  • Theft of Coal or Trees
  • Multiple Larcenies - One Item Taken
  • Felony Petit Larceny - 3d Offense
  • Stealing Electronic Items
  • Stolen Value: Electronic Items
  • Stolen Value: Price Tags
  • Stolen Value: No Price Tags
  • ...
  • Sexting
  • Farm Use Abuse
  • Emotional Support Animals
  • Service Dog Fraud
  • The Moped Exception
  • Rape by Lie: 1 ~ 2 ~ 3
  • No Intent Needed
  • Arresting in a House
  • Common Law Trespass
  • Certificate of Analysis Introduction
  • Probable Cause: Car Passengers
  • Detaining Car Passengers
  • No Weekend Jail on Felonies
  • Obstruction of Justice Limited
  • No Trifurcation
  • No More Beer at the Barbeque
  • Respondeat Superior
  • DUI & Reckless Driving
  • Outlawry Outlawed
  • Felony 2d Degree Murder
  • Banishment
  • Computer Fraud
  • Insta-Deputy
  • Principals, Accessories, and Conspirators
  • PROCEDURE
  • Appeals by a Prosecutor
  • OUTSIDE PROSECUTORS
  • Attorney General - Limited Authority
  • Attorney General v. Commonwealth Attorney
  • Private Prosecutors - Limitations
  • Private Prosecutor - Case Law
  • BOND / BAIL
  • Bond Hearing
  • Extent of Bond
  • Appealing a Bond
  • Bond Reform - Still Need Bondsmen
  • . . .
  • Using Statements Made During Plea Negotiations: 1 ~ 2a ~ 2b ~ 2c
  • 1st Hearing is Not an Arraignment
  • Detainers
  • Subpoena
  • Bill of Particulars
  • Telling Jurors the Punishment Range
  • Juries and Election Day
  • Invoking Right to Attorney in Virginia
  • Who Prosecutes Misdemeanors?
  • Expungement
  • Surrebuttal
  • Virginia's Reasonable Doubt
  • Reasonable Doubt II
  • Instruction: Right to Arm
  • Virginia Castle Doctrine1 ~ 2 ~ 3 ~
  • Dismissed with Prejudice
  • SENTENCING
  • I. Limitations on Right of Judge to Alter a Sentence
  • II. Limitations on Right of Judge to Alter a Sentence
  • III. Limitations on Right of Judge to Alter a Sentence
  • Probation & Suspended Time
  • ADVISEMENT
  • Advisement Confirmed by Supreme Court
  • Advisement per Supreme Court
  • Advisement in Virginia
  • . . .
  • Restitution in Traffic Cases
  • Withdrawal of Guilty Plea
  • Probation Sentencing Guidelines
  • Using Jurors to Challenge a Sentence
  • Jury v. Judge (sentencing roles)
  • Limits on Evidence Presentable to a Jury
  • Jury Sentencing Possibilities
  • &CETERA
  • Witnesses & Writ of Actual Innocence
  • Domestic Battery & Firearm Possession
  • Domestic Battery & Testimony I
  • Domestic Battery & Testimony II
  • Domestic Battery & Testimony III
  • Domestic Battery & Testimony IV
  • Shall Doesn't Mean Shall
  • Just Following Orders
  • Lycurgus Not Welcome in Virginia

Legal Theory

  • DOUBLE JEOPARDY
  • Double Jeopardy - Blockburger / Garrett
  • Double Jeopardy - Virginia Statute
  • Double Jeopardy - Legislative Intent
  • PROACTIVE POLICING
  • Proactive Policing - Rise and Decline
  • Proactive Policing - Broken Windows
  • Proactive Policing - Other Explanations
  • COMMON LAW
  • Common Law - USA Problems
  • Common Law - Federal Withdrawal
  • Common Law - The Model Penal Code Failure
  • The Only USA Common Law - Supreme Court Constitutional Precedent
  • . . .
  • Best Way to Choose a Judge
  • What's a Prosecutor?
  • Checking Prosecutorial Power
  • Defense Attorney Purpose
  • Plea Agreement Actualities
  • The Big 4: Why I can't Go To Jail: 1 ~ 2
  • How I Judge Statutes
  • Gateway Drugs
  • Virginia Right to Bear Arms
  • Succubistic Bigworditis
  • Doctrine of Chances
  • Alternative Sentencing Flaws
  • Restorative Justice in Domestic Courts
  • Liquor Use Laws
  • How to Fix Va.'s Court of Appeals
  • Punishment Scale
  • Punishment Scale Explained
  • Punishment: There but for the Grace of God
  • Heavy Sentences (1)
  • Heavy Sentences (2)
  • Probation
  • Parole is a Never Ending Sentencing Hearing
  • Beyond a Reasonable Doubt - The abandonment of Moral Certainty
  • Change Felonies to Misdemeanors
  • Do Justice?
  • Kentucky v. Virginia
  • Must Prosecutors Disprove Affirmative Defenses?
  • Drug Schedules & Punishment
  • Defendants & Situational Sincerity
  • 1) Immorality in Pleading Not Guilty
  • 2) Immorality of Pleading Not Guilty
  • Posner v. Hart & Strict Liability
  • More Posner & Strict Liability
  • Pre-Stare Decisis
  • Let Juries Find People Innocent
  • Tell Jury Elements Pretrial
  • Falsity of Malum Prohibitum (1)
  • Falsity of Malum Prohibitum (2)
  • Falsity of Malum Prohibitum (3)
  • Brady
  • Writ of Spite & Hatred
  • Various Riot Acts
  • Tazers
  • Finding of Innocent
  • No Appellate Oral Arguments
  • CrimJustice Purpose
  • Pro Se Defendants
  • Misdirecting the Police
  • Stress Seekers?
  • Plea Agreement
  • Faking Probable Cause I
  • Faking Probable Cause II
  • Faking Probable Cause III
  • Faking Probable Cause IV
  • Legalese: Name Changes
  • How Could We Best Select a Judge
  • RICO & Bin Laden
  • Requirement of Defense Attorneys
  • Should Lawyers Make Clients Confess?
  • Crummy Hired Defense Attorneys
  • Noble Defense?

Specific Cases

  • Jones:Trespass = Search
  • Shatzer:4th Amendment Expiration Date
  • Gant: Limiting Car Searches
  • Montejo: No more 6th Amendment Protections
  • Padilla & the Prosecutor
  • Ventris: Allowing Unconstitutional Questioning
  • Carroll Doctrine

Practice Tips

  • Opening Statements
  • Advice for New Prosecutor1 ~ 2a ~ 2b ~ 2c ~ 2d
  • Prosecutors Can't Talk to Defendants

Life as a CrimLaw Lawyer


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The New Office
Different Court Diferent Behavior
Competency
Cats
Ma'am I'm the Prosecutor
I know nothing
23 Felonies
Cross
Cross II
2d Simplest Explanation
Jury
2008
CrimLaw Prosecutorial Corollary #1
Paranoia
Why Not Drop?
2009
Buy Me Dinner First
Jury Sentencing Argument
Is Litter Patrol Jail?
Paperwork Closing Argument
2010
Bubonic Bob & the Creative Judge
Finding the Perfect Witness
2012
Small Town Cop : Big City Lawyer
Maturity Ain't Orange
2015
Not Going to Win
Hallway Confrontation
My Testosterone is Dead
2017
Supre Secret Conference
Foot-Shooting 101
2019
Sic'ed by the Court of Appeals
8th Continuance Request
Never Ending Guilty Plea
2020
The Law of Mountain Mumble
I Decline

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What Just Happened?
Va. Worse than Conn.
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Heard in a Courthouse
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MAY06
Heard in Court
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Entire History of a Trial
Bad Press 02
JUL06
I Must be too Good
AUG06
Announce Becoming Prosecutor
The Last Life in a Week
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In case anyone out there needs this warning: This ain't legal advice. Everything in the blog is off the cuff and no one goes back and reads all the cases and statutes before blogging. The law may have changed; cases misread and misunderstood two years ago can still lead to a clinging misperception. Courts in your county, city, or State probably don't operate as described herein. Feel free to be inspired, but YOU MUST ALWAYS DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH OR HIRE A COMPETENT ATTORNEY TO DO SO because I haven't.

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