by Jon Sheldon | Jul 16, 2014 | Alexandria, Alexandria Criminal Defense Attorney, Arlington, Arlington Criminal Defense Attorney, Brad Haywood, Criminal Defense, Fairfax, Juvenile Defense, Juvenile Delinquency, VA, Virginia, Virginia Criminal Defense Lawyer
This week, criminal defense firm Sheldon, Flood & Haywood opened a new office at 108 N. Alfred Street in Alexandria, VA, to better serve clients in Alexandria and Arlington. The Alexandria location will be the primary base of operations for partner Brad Haywood,...
by Jon Sheldon | Jul 14, 2014 | Alexandria, Arlington, Brad Haywood, Criminal Defense, DC, Fairfax, Juvenile Defense, Juvenile Delinquency, VA, Virginia, Washington
Did you know that the Commonwealth of Virginia, like many states, allows for pretrial detention of juveniles with few meaningful limits based on the child’s age? Did you know that the Virginia Code provides almost no specific guidelines as to when pretrial...
by Jon Sheldon | Jul 12, 2014 | Capital Defense, Criminal Defense, Jonathan Sheldon, Virginia
“Jon Sheldon, a criminal defense attorney who has defended a number of death penalty cases around the country, said that there is room for different protocols because state law merely requires execution by injection of a lethal substance and leaves the...
by Jon Sheldon | Jun 3, 2014 | Capital Defense, Criminal Defense, Habeas Corpus, Joseph Flood, Restorative Justice
On May 2, 2014, Joseph Flood was accepted and testified as an expert witness on the standard of care and the duties that trial counsel owes to a capital defendant in a capital case in the matter of Willie Scott v. State of Alabama, a capital habeas case pending in the...
by Jon Sheldon | Mar 12, 2014 | Capital Defense, Criminal Defense, Jonathan Sheldon, Juvenile Defense, Virginia, Washington
Noting his criminal defense experience around the country, Virginia Lawyers Weekly quotes Jon Sheldon on the need to object and preserve the client’s rights: Click here for the full article
by Jon Sheldon | Nov 18, 2013 | Brad Haywood, Criminal Defense, Juvenile Defense
On October 9, 2013, Brad Haywood lectured Caribbean law students at Hugh Wooding Law School in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Mr. Haywood’s lecture focused on the American jury trial system, it’s importance in a participatory democracy, and its significance to...
