Appeals Attorney in Alexandria, Virginia

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I’ve had a lot but I’ll mention this one

merely because I did the argument this

morning um in the federal court down the

street in Alexandria it was appeal

appeal about the right to a jury trial

and what they call a petty offense in

federal court so a lot of people don’t

know this but even though the Sixth

Amendment says a jury trial right

applies in all criminal prosecutions it

doesn’t if you’re charged with a

misdemeanor in federal court that

carries only up to 6 months in jail

often this would be like on the national

park there is no right to a jury trial

so I challenged that back in 2009 to the

fourth circuit and I have another case

raising that which I argued today on

this level it will lose the case needs

to be decided by the US Supreme Court

and I really think that’s interesting

because because in federal court you

essentially don’t have the right to a

jury trial on a DUI it’s harder to

negotiate it’s hard for the clients this

kind of stuff so really this is just an

issue I’ve always been interested in and

I hope to argue it in the fourth circuit

later this year

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Alexandria, VA criminal defense attorney Chris Leibig talks about a memorable criminal appeal he handled.