Crime Time: With Virginia Defense Attorneys

TIn this episode it is just the four regular hosts and.  Trespassing is a class 1 Misdemeanor and can be harmful to a criminal record even though it is not a felony or a crime of moral turpitude involving lying, stealing, or cheating, It can land people in jail again and again if they go back to places they have been banned from before.  This can happen a lot to those with nowhere to live where they just try to find somewhere ...

Please note that one of our regular co-hosts Anthony Nourse did not participate in this episode as he was recently appointed as a substitute judge in Fairfax County.  Due to the political nature of this episode, Mr. Nourse had to refrain from participating in this episode as required by the Canons of Judicial Conduct for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

We took a looong summer break that lasted well into September but we are ...

This week, we were lucky to have a Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Mayo Wilson join us on this episode.  Mayo used to be an immigration and criminal defense attorney and he used to have his own law firm as well.  He switched over to the dark side, whoops we mean prosecution side right before Covid hit in 2020.  He tells us about his experience as an attorney and switching sides!  We appreciate how even keel he always is and ho...

We all know that video and audio are everywhere these days.  It is no different for jail calls.  Unless someone being held in a jail or prison is talking to an attorney on the phone or emailing on a tablet, those calls and messages are being recorded.  There are usually signs or notices right above the phones.  When you get on the phone there is an audio recording that tells you the calls are being monitored and recorded.  This is ...

A fellow friend and local attorney George Freeman IV joins us in this episode.  We get to hear about his adventures as a bondsman and various other jobs he had throughout the years.  Then he educates us on the differences between a grand jury, regular jury, a special grand jury, and a multi jurisdictional jury.

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A video was shared in the news recently showing a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed, lose control, and come across a grassy median separating lanes going opposite ways.  The car traveled over the grass and lanes of traffic to  hit a police officer who had another vehicle stopped on Fairfax County Parkway, that stopped vehicle, and the police cruiser. You can watch the video at this link:
https://youtu.be/PtbcqXYfaoY

In this episode,, we tackle a topic that many are curious about, that many do not understand, that many do not agree with, and one that is important to many many people.  We welcome a fellow attorney and friend, Brian Goodman, a Senior Trial Attorney with the Office of the Public Defender in Fairfax County.  Brian is also president elect of the Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and is a member and leader in various o...

Well, we made it 100 episodes!  Seems crazy we have come that far. In this episode we bring on Judge Lindner from Fairfax County to put us in the hot seat!  We all knew him when he was a defense attorney and continue to see him in the cafeteria and around the courthouse weekly.   He questions us about about various criminal law related issues, how we get business, and what we would want to be doing if we were not criminal defense a...

Please note that one of our regular co-hosts Anthony Nourse did not participate in this episode as he was recently appointed as a substitute judge in Fairfax County.  Due to the political nature of this episode, Mr. Nourse had to refrain from participating in this episode as required by the Canons of Judicial Conduct for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Every 4 years in Virginia, there is an election to vote for the head Comm...

When two of the four hosts on a podcast have worked as public defenders and one of the four hosts does a lot of court appointed and pro bono work, you have to bring on as many public defenders as you can because we recognize how hard a job it is to be a public defender or even a court appointed attorney.  In this episode, Shalev Ben-Avraham joins us in the hot seat as he shares his background with us and discusses various issues in...

There may come a time when your or someone you know has to testify.  In this episode we discuss if have to come to court to testify when you get a subpoena.  We also give tips on how we prep witnesses for trial or hearings and what a judge or jury may be looking for when they listen to testimony or are even just observing someone in court.  Our advice can apply to our clients and witnesses!



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Pranks and jokes are usually funny to people  but sometimes the joke can turn on you. In this episode we talk about a recent case in Northern Virginia where a social media prankster gets shot after trying to make someone else a victim of one of his pranks.  We discuss what types of charges can come from this, the right to involve others in your pranks, when a prank goes too far, and who should be charged in these type of scenarios ...

We welcome back friends of ours who have sat as a sub host and as a guest on our show on previous episodes. Chris Holley and Blake Woloson subbed in for Alberto and Anna while they were both out of town.  In this episode we talk about what is attorney privilege, are there exceptions, etc.  It may not be what you think it is and your statements may or may not be protected.....

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We enjoy hearing about new laws and how things went in the legislature sessions so we were lucky to have Senator Scott Surovell back as a repeat guest.  In this episode he shares with us the issues and laws they tried to resolve.  There are some lively discussions about some of the law changes but it is always great to hear from someone who was there firsthand making law in Virginia.

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We do not get that many cases where someone is being charged with escape from a jail or prison but when you see a news article about it from your own state and you have a podcast, you sort of have to talk about it.  Here is the link to the article that inspired today's topic for the podcast:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/inmates-who-dug-their-way-out-of-prison-with-toothbrushes-caught-at-diner-nearby/ar-AA18WM...

Mental Health is an important topic and anyone at any given time could experience difficulties with this type of illness.  Sometimes mental health illnesses are apparent and sometimes not so much.  In this episode, we welcome attorney Bob Walker onto the show as our guest.  He is experienced and knowledgeable about mental health civil commitment hearings and he educates us and our listeners about these types of hearings.  Bob has n...

As we get going in season 3 of the podcast, we welcome back Judge William Jarvis from Prince William County.  He has been on several episodes with us in past seasons and we are happy to have him back.  He always brings the questions for us and has us thinking about various issues in criminal justice.  In this episode our main focus is what is going on with juvenile justice reform. What should really be happening with juveniles who ...

Hello Season 3!  Wow, time flies.  Our first episode of this season will be our take on Alec Baldwin's case.  He was charged due to an accidental shooting on a movie set.  ***Since the release of this episode his case has been dismissed.*** Prosecutors in that case had to determine who to charge, what to charge, when to charge, etc.  They had to evaluate the evidence based on what witnesses they have, photos, etc.  We decided ...

What better way to celebrate the holiday season than to talk about Santa Claus aka Kris Kringle?  We brought in a friend and fellow defense attorney Matthew Kensky to help us dive into what happened in A Miracle on 34th Street.  We of course debated on whether it was really proven whether Kris Kringle was real. And then we talked about various parts of the movie and whether or not that type of evidence would have worked in a Virgin...