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You have the right to remain silent, to consult with an attorney, and to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures by law enforcement. These are you constitutional rights that you have every right to assert when you have an encounter with law enforcement. First...
Virginia Code § 19.2-392.2 provides the skeleton of what it takes to be eligible for an expungement. The final disposition of the case must be acquittal, nolle prosequi, or "the charge [was] otherwise dismissed." "Otherwise dismissed" is the disposition that typically...
If you were convicted of a felony, restoring your civil rights is the first door to get through to obtain a pardon and to have your right to possess a firearm restored. The restoration of rights restores the rights to vote, to run for and hold public office, to serve...
Va. Code § 18.2-308.2 prohibits a person who has been convicted of a felony from possessing or transporting a firearm. Likewise, if you were adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile 14 years of age or older at the time of an offense of murder, kidnapping, robbery by the...
The consequences of "adjudications of juvenile delinquency" are severe. If a juveniles adjudicated delinquent for a crime that would be a felony if committed by an adult saddles that kid with the label "FELON" for the rest of his life. If a juvenile 14 years of age or...