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Successful Defense of Malicious Wounding Charges in Virginia Requires the Skills of an Attorney With a Proven Track Record of Successfully Representing Clients Against Malicous Wounding Charges
In additon to the usual reasons that teens should be educated about the consequences of sexual activity, parents need to know and explain to their children that sexual activity with persons under a certain age are illegal, and can lead to severe, lifelong consequences.
Judge Accepts Jury Recommendation on Sentence for Shooting of Richmond Man
Fourth Circuit Remands Case Where District Court Presumed Sentence Within Guidelines Range Correct
Federal judges, and lawyers practicing criminal law in Virginia's federal courts, should take notice that the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has reversed a federal judge's sentencing of a convicted drug dealer becasue the judge presumed that a sentence within the Federal Sentencing Guidelines range was reasonable under federal law.The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in the past three years emphasizing that the Federal Sentencing Guidelines are advisory, but not mandatory. In other words, while federal judges may consider the Federal Sentencing Guidelines when imposing sentence, they may not presume that the Guidelines range is "reasonable."
Many Virginia lawyers practicing criminal law in the federal courts in and around Richmond will have to re-think their strategies on sentencing as a result of this opinion to best serve their clients.
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