Virginia Forcible Entry Law
<H2> United States of America v. Alcides Castro-Martinez
Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling ten firearms, including a short-barrel shotgun, to an undercover source working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Between February 2025 and August 2025, ATF utilized a confidential source to conduct seven separate controlled purchases involving a total of ten firearms from... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - VA)<H2> Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jihad Arlik Ruffin
Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony murder while in the commission of shooting into an occupied building, Code § 18.2-33, use of a firearm in commission of murder, Code § 18.2-53.1, and maliciously discharging a firearm within an occupied building, Code § 18.2-279. * * * On July 3, 2021, a fatal shooting occurred inside the "NOLA by ... More...
$ (12-04-2025 - VA)State of Virginia v. Stephen Smerk
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Stephen Smerk, age 53, was accused of killing Robin Lawrence, age 27, who was killed in 1994.<br> <br> Detectives using DNA from the crime scene were able to identify Smerk as the killer.<br> <br> Investigators turned to Ellen Greytak, director of bioinformatics at Parabon NanoLabs, a... More...
$0 (10-26-2025 - VA)United States of America .v James B. Comey, Jr.
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers are representing the Defendant charged with:<br> <br> Count 1:<br> 1. On or about September 30, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia, the defendant, JAMES<br> B. COMEY JR., did willfully and knowingly make a materially false, Fictitious, and<br> fraudulent statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the<br> Governme... More...
$0 (10-13-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Shjon Michael Stamps
City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession.<br> <br> Around 1:20 a.m. on January 5, 2023, Virginia Beach Police Officer Christopher Grimm was surveilling a house that police suspected was involved in "narcotics activity." The house shared a driveway with another home. Grimm observed a 1996 white Cadillac with antique license pla... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Dilliraj Bista
<h2><br> Fairfax, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with<br> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> Bista was charged with the forcible sodomy of a child under the age of 13, in violation of Code § 18.2-67.1, and aggravated sexual battery, in violation of Code § 18.2-67.3. The Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court of Fairfax County (the "district courtâ€... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - VA)Jushua Lee Carpenter v. Commonwealth of Virginia
<h2><br> New Kent, Virginia attempted forcible Sodomy of a child criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> <h2><br> <br> <br> A jury convicted Joshua Lee Carpenter in the Circuit Court of New Kent County of attempted forcible sodomy of a child less than 13 years of age in violation of Code § 18.2-67.1 and taking indecent liberties with a child less than 15 years of age by a parent ... More...
$0 (09-13-2024 - VA)United States of America v. Daniel Kemp, Sr.
Defendant Daniel N. Kemp, Sr., was charged with nine counts of sexually abusing his adopted children. Pursuant to an agreement with the government, he pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated sexual abuse, and the remaining charges were dismissed. The district court sentenced Kemp to life imprisonment – a term within the Sentencing Guidelines range adopted by the court – and to ... More...
$0 (12-26-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Shai Cohen
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud and to commit offenses against the United States, bringing aliens to the United States for financial gain, encouraging and inducing aliens to unlawfully come to, enter and reside in the United States for financial gain, harboring illegal aliens and money laundering.<br> <br> Shai Cohen, 39, all... More...
$0 (08-04-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Trashawn Newsome
Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of a machine gun and possession of an unregistered firearm in violation of the national firearms act.<br> <br> Trashawn Newsome, 21, was in possession of a machine gun on October 6, 2022. That day, Chesapeake Police officers were investigating a vehicle reported stolen in the vicinity of Camelot Boulevard. News... More...
$0 (06-02-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Markel Corevis Morton, Adrian Anderson, and Quincy Brock
Charlottesville, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.<br> <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/virginia/news/charlottesville/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Charlottesville</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> Mark... More...
$0 (01-04-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Igor Danchenko
Alexandria, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements in violation of 18 U.S.C. 100, which provides:<br> <br> (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully—<br> (1) falsifies, concea... More...
$0 (10-18-2022 - VA)United States of America v. Ashley Kolhoff
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with production and distribution of child porn.<br> <br> during in 2020, Ashley Kolhoff, 22, produced sexually explicit images of the minor victim and posted them to a website dedicated to facilitating child exploitation. Over the course of multiple days, Kolhoff distributed the images of the victim to nine other members of... More...
$0 (04-13-2022 - VA)Michael B. Yourko v. Lee Ann B. Yourko
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Richmond, VA - Divorce lawyer represented defendant with appealing from the modification of a final decree and equitable distribution order. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Wife filed a complaint for divorce from husband. After husband filed a counterclaim and <br> both parties filed answers, the circuit court entered a final decr... More...
$0 (03-13-2022 - VA)Horacio Eugenio Sobol v. Christine Marie Sobol
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Richmond, VA - Divorce lawyer represented appellant with challenging the valuation and distribution of certain assets. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> The parties were married in August 1998 and separated approximately twenty years later, on <br> July 1, 2018. Three children were born of the marriage. <br> <br> Wife had earned a ... More...
$0 (03-12-2022 - VA)United States of America v. Thomas Hammond
<center><h2><font color="red"> Richmond, VA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with attempted bank robbery and one count of bank robbery charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In 2017, Hammond pleaded guilty to one count of attempted bank robbery and one <br> count of bank robbery, both in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). Before sentencing, the <br> probation officer prep... More...
$0 (01-03-2022 - VA)United States of America v. Tyrone Young
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Richmond, VA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with appealing the district court's order dismissing his motion as untimely. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> When the United States or its officer or agency is a party in a civil case, the notice <br> of appeal must be filed no more than 60 days after the entry of the district court's final <... More...
$0 (12-03-2021 - VA)Romario Bailey v. Commonwealth of Virginia
<center><h2><font color="red"> Richmond, Virginia Criminal defense attorney represented Defendant charged with assault and battery. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> We state the facts in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the prevailing party <br> below. Gerald v. Commonwealth, 295 Va. 469, 472 (2018). So viewed, the evidence establishes <br> that, on August 21, 2019, the Chester... More...
$0 (07-01-2021 - VA)Juan Luis Lopez v. Commonwealth of Virginia
<center><h2><font color="red"> Richmond, VA - Criminal defense attorney represented Juan Luis Lopez with a escaping from the custody of a law enforcement officer by force, disarming a law enforcement officer of his impact weapon, a baton, attempting to disarm a law enforcement officer of his weapon and engaging in an assault and battery on a law enforcement officer charges. </h2></font></b></i></... More...
$0 (05-19-2021 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Malachi Morgan Thomas
<center><h2><font color="red"> Richmond, VA - Criminal defense attorney represented Defendant charged with one count of rape, and three counts of forcible sodomy. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On July 17, 2020, Thomas began communicating in a group chat with two <br> sixteen-year-old females,<br> 1 A.M. and A.R.A, through a social media application. Thomas,<br> purporting to be a member ... More...
$0 (05-18-2021 - VA)Stephen James Kilpatrick v. Commonwealth of Virginia
<center><h2><font color="red"> Richmond, VA - Criminal defense attorney represented Defendant charged with multiple counts of computer solicitation of a minor. </h2></font></b></i></center></red><br> <br> Appellant was caught in a sting operation, beginning when Investigator Jake Wade of the <br> Bedford County Sheriff's Office set up a fake profile under the name "Jenny Block†on <br> Cra... More...
$0 (05-16-2021 - VA)United States of America v. Varita V. Quincy
Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with defrauding the government.<br> <br> Varita V. Quincy, 35, of Snellville, Georgia was charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit theft of property of value to the United States and one count of making false statements. Quincy admitted that, between April 2015 and July 2015, she and others ... More...
$0 (04-28-2021 - VA)United States of America v. Ryan Guy Parker
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, who was charged with flying without an Airman's certificate in violation of 49 U.S.C. 46306(b)(7)Registration violations involving aircraft not providing air transportation<br> <br> (a) Application.—This section applies only to aircraft not used to provide air transportation.<br> <br> (b) General Criminal Penalty.—Ex... More...
$0 (04-24-2021 - VA)State of West Virginia vs. Jerome Aldridge, Jr.
<center><h2><font color="red"> Charleston, WV - Criminal defense attorney represented Jerome Aldridge, Jr. with a <i> appealing the October 30, 2019, order of the Circuit Court of Berkeley County sentencing him to nine months in jail for possession of marijuana and third-degree sexual assault; to be followed by an aggregate sentence of twenty-six to seventy-five years in prison for one count of ... More...
$0 (02-08-2021 - VA)United States of America v. Giovanni Omar Medrano-Urrutia
Alexandria, Virginia illegal re-entry criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with reentering the U.S. after having been removed on four prior occasions between 2005 and 2018. <br> <br> Giovanni Omar Medrano-Urrutia, 41, was charged with illegally reentering the U.S. after having been removed on four prior occasions between 2005 and 2018. Medrano-Urrutia’s criminal history spans t... More...
$0 (12-25-2020 - VA)United States of America v. Varita V. Quincy
Norfolk, Virginia conspiracy to defraud the US criminal defense lawyer represented Varita V. Quincy.<br> <br> The United States of America charged Varita V. Quincy with:<br> <br> T.18:641, T.18:371, T.18:3238 - Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and to Commit Theft of Property of Value to the United States / Forfeiture T.21:853(p), T.18:981(a)(1)(C), T.28:2461<br> (1) <br> T.18:641 and 2, T... More...
$0 (10-14-2020 - VA)Richard Allen Brown v. Commonwealth of Virginia
Virginia Beach, VA - aggravated sexual battery<br> <br> <center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0k1-KOszV1xkgbm_JSyo7mPUl1bzajkO-_iTmvPlZwAA6gDXYA2O-gLta0hnuvtqTVEv7A=s151"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <br> <br> COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA<br> Present: Judges Petty, O’Brien and Senior... More...
$0 (09-21-2020 - VA)Mark William Breznick v. Commonwealth of Virginia
<br> <br> <center><img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MoreLaw_Suites_Petro.jpg"><br> <P> <h1><a href="http://www.morelawsuites.com" target="_new">MoreLaw Suites</a><br> 601 South Boulder, Suite 600 <br> 855-853-4800</h1></center><br> <br> <br> <br> On July 14, 2018, Virginia State Police Trooper Jared Stuart Martin conducted a traffic<br> stop in Augusta Coun... More...
$0 (09-19-2020 - VA)Latoya Nicole Carter v. Commonwealth of Virginia
LYNCHBURG, VA - Assault and battery of a law enforcement officer<br> <br> <center><br> <img width="600" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/subscription-1.gif"><br> </center><br> <br> On January 24, 2018, Officer S.C. Reed of the City of Lynchburg Police Department<br> responded to a call for service at the appellant’s home. When the officer arrived in the area, he<br> park... More...
$0 (09-19-2020 - VA)Dustin Clinton Delp v. Commonwealth of Virginia
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/roanoke.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/d0/9d0f4cca-2c15-5f0a-b9ac-e37d2cd7793a/5d30a5570f928.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C900"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> On appeal, we view the record in the light most favorable to ... More...
$0 (08-29-2020 - VA)Quartrez Logan, s/k/a Quartrez Rashad Logan v. Commonwealth of Virginia
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1811480/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmediaassets.wtkr.com%2Ftribune-network%2Ftribwtkr-files-wordpress%2F2018%2F01%2Fquartrez-rashad-logan.png"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <c... More...
$0 (08-28-2020 - VA)Chris Antonio Holloway v. Commonwealth of Virginia
<center><img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MoreLaw_Suites_Petro.jpg"><br> <P> <h2><a href="http://www.morelawsuites.com" target="_new">MoreLaw Suites</a><br> 601 South Boulder, Suite 600 918-582-3993</h2></center><br> <br> <center><br> <img width="400" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/subscription.gif?fit=300%2C42"><br> </ce... More...
$0 (08-28-2020 - VA)United States of America v. Indivior Solutions, Indivior, Inc. and Indivior, PLC
<center><br> <img width="400" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/W.D._VA_courthouse_in_Lynchburg.jpg/250px-W.D._VA_courthouse_in_Lynchburg.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Abingdon, VA - The United States of America charged Indivior Solutions, Indivior, Inc. and Indivior, PLC with with conspiracy to commit health care fraud.<br> <br> Indivior Solutions today pleaded guilty ... More...
$0 (07-25-2020 - VA)Adrian Knight v. Commonwealth of Virginia
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://valawyersweekly.com/files/2013/12/Court-of-Appeals-cr.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red"> COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA<br> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Adrian Knight was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation<br> of Code § 18.2-308.2 and carrying a con... More...
$0 (06-21-2020 - VA)Natalie Marie Keepers v. Commonwealth of Virginia
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/richmond.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/45/e453afdc-2290-519c-b2ba-d5a25b57d508/5ba04ddb72c86.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C814"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red"> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> On January 30, 2016, after N.L.’s body was discovered, poli... More...
$0 (06-20-2020 - VA)Endalkachew Merid v. Commonwealth of Virginia
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://valawyersweekly.com/files/2013/12/Court-of-Appeals-cr.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red"> COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> “In reviewing a trial court’s denial of a motion to suppress, ‘we determine whether the<br> accused has met his burden to show that the ... More...
$0 (06-20-2020 - VA)Shelton Legrand Riddick v. Commonwealth of Virginia
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSVEbxU9vW9btMsabXL9dnFw9EM50v9PxFzXYYNVRQtDuI2bMQf&usqp=CAU"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red"> COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> <br> Having been convicted of multiple offenses in the general district court, Riddick noted an<br> app... More...
$0 (06-20-2020 - VA)Kevin Diaz Gomez, s/k/a Kevin Diaz-Gomez v. Commonwealth of Virginia
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/newsadvance.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/4e/94e41827-fa39-5977-a204-79d1eb81800f/5d5722016f054.image.jpg?crop=453%2C588%2C11%2C91"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red"> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> Kevin Diaz Gomez was indicted for abduction, a felo... More...
$0 (06-19-2020 - VA)Isaiah A. Green v. Commonwealth of Virginia
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSVEbxU9vW9btMsabXL9dnFw9EM50v9PxFzXYYNVRQtDuI2bMQf&usqp=CAU"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red"> COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The appellant’s convictions arose from a series of events that began May 8, 2018. On<b... More...
$0 (06-19-2020 - VA)Yorhonda Milldred Pooler, s/k/a Yorhonda Mildred Pooler v. Commonwealth of Virginia
<center><P><font color=”FF0000”><h2><br> Need help finding a lawyer for representation concerning appealing a statutory burglary conviction in Virginia?<br> <br> Call 918-582-6422. It's Free.<br> </font><br> </h2><br> </center><br> On appeal, this Court “consider[s] the evidence and all reasonable inferences flowing <br> from that evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, ... More...
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