The criminal convictions avoided in July include: Hit and Run (Felony), Reckless Driving for Racing, Reckless Driving by Speed (we featured the more notable cases since we handle so many of these), Driving Under a Suspended License, No License, Possession of Marijuana, Destruction of Public Property, Carrying a Weapon While Intoxicated and Misdemeanor Tunnel Height Violation.

DISCLAIMER – EACH CASE IS UNIQUE AND CASE RESULTS DEPEND ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL SITUATION. CASE RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN ANY FUTURE CASE UNDERTAKEN BY THE LAWYER.

• July 7, 2017, Virginia Beach General District Court, Charge: Reckless Driving for failure to maintain control. Disposition: Dismissed!

• July 10, 2017, Hampton General District Court, Charge: Overheight Tunnel Violation (Misdemeanor). Disposition: Reduced to Defective Equipment!

• July 11, 2017, Virginia Beach General District Court, Charge: Reckless Driving at 82/55. Disposition: Dismissed!

• July 12, 2017, Hampton General District Court, Charge: Possession of Marijuana, Driving Under a Suspended License, and Defective Equipment. Disposition: Marijuana charge will be dismissed upon our client’s good behavior until December (by agreement with City Attorney, not under the 1st offender program). Driving under a suspended charge reduced to failure to carry a license, an infraction.  Defective equipment charge dismissed.

• July 13, 2017, Virginia Beach Circuit Court, Charge: Reckless driving by speed at 82/55. Disposition: Reduced to speeding at 71/55.
• July 14, 2017, Newport News General District Court, Charge: Reckless driving by speed at 81/60 and No License. Disposition: Reckless driving charge reduced to 19 over and no license charge dismissed.  (Two misdemeanors avoided.  They misspelled my name on one of the screen shots.)

• July 17, 2017, Norfolk General District Court, Charge: Reckless Driving for Accident. Disposition: Dismissed.

• July 17, 2017, Newport News General District Court, Charge: 92/60 Reckless Driving by Speed. Disposition: 19 over.

• July 19, 2017, Chesapeake General District Court, Charge: Reckless Driving by speed at 80/55. Disposition: Reduced to defective equipment, no points or misdemeanor.

• July 19, 2017, Chesapeake General District Court, Charge: Reckless Driving at 109/55. Disposition: No license suspension.  3 days of jail, where our client serves half the time.

• July 20, 2017, Chesapeake General District Court, Charge: DUI, Carrying a concealed weapon while intoxicated, and Destruction of Public Property. Disposition: We lost the DUI, but got the other two dismissed!

• July 20, 2017, Norfolk General District Court, Charge: Reckless Driving for an accident. Disposition: Dismissed after negotiations with officer.

• July 21, 2017, Chesapeake Circuit Court, Charge: Hit and Run Felony. Disposition: Reduced to a Hit and Run Misdemeanor with 12 months of jail with 11 months suspended on good behavior.  Weekend jail time permitted.  No license suspension.

• July 24, 2017, Norfolk General District Court, Charge: Reckless Driving at 94/55 and Racing. Disposition: Racing charge dismissed so we avoided an automatic license suspension. Reckless Driving at 94/55 resulted in a $750 fine, but no active jail time and no suspended license.

• July 28, 2017, Newport News General District Court, Charge: Reckless Driving at 92/60. Disposition: Reduced to speeding at 19 over.  Clerks forgot to list Peter Louie as defense attorney.