Some of you out there are lucky enough that you are safely ensconced in the center of a State and you never have to deal with the Interstate...

I must admit, before I became a prosecutor I had never heard of citizens hiring private prosecutors. I don't know if it was happening in...

A pretty good explanation: As anyone who has read this blawg for longer than two weeks knows, I am not one of those that thinks the app...

§ 19.2-229 . When complaining witness required to give security for costs. For good cause the court may require a complaining witness to ...

I was wondering about the double jeopardy parameters of the various felony larceny offenses today, so I did a little research and tripped...

Under Virginia Code § 19.2-303 a Virginia trial court maintains jurisdiction to suspend all or part of a felony sentence as long as the ind...

Last Friday, in Starrs v. Commonwealth , the Virginia Supreme Court yet again affirmed that trial courts have the ability to take cases un...

In one fell swoop, Chief Justice Kinser has swept away all the bad law which has come out of the Virginia Court of Appeals concerning the ...

So, what arrives in the mail today? Yep, that's an invitation to join the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers attached...

Guy breaks into a house in the middle of the night, breaking a rear window to do so. He then claims that the entry was not furtive because...

I was doing some research today when I ran across Metrish v. Lancaster , a US Supreme Court case which was primarily an AEDPA decision, bu...

I'd never heard of this doctrine prior to getting involved in some arson cases lately, which seems to be where we see it the most in the...

When I woke I was back in Lexington proper. I was lying on the grass in front of the courthouse and as I sat up I could see that the area...

Svarog strolled down stairs and walked toward the Captain and Taug. They were frozen in place with the dragon on his back and Captain Lon...