VIRGINIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS

DEFENDING VIRGINIA ROBBERY & CARJACKING CHARGES

In Virginia, a conviction for robbery or carjacking of any vehicle can carry up to a life sentence. Do not take a chance with a charge of this nature. The juries in Virginia are generally not hesitant to sentence defendants charged with either of these crimes to very lengthy periods of incarceration. If you are juvenile, the Commonwealth of Virginia will generally move to have you certified as an adult and therefore sentenced like an adult in Virginia. The Virginia law offices of SRIS, P.C. have a number of excellent Virginia Robbery attorneys & Carjacking defense lawyers in its offices in Fairfax, Lynchburg, Manassas, Richmond, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. For more information or to make an appointment with SRIS, P.C., please call, send an e-mail or complete the on-line form.

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The following are two of the most relevant statutes that address these charges one could face in the Commonwealth of Virginia:

VA Code §18.2-58. Robbery; How punished

If any person commit robbery by partial strangulation, or suffocation, or by striking or beating, or by other violence to the person, or by assault or otherwise putting a person in fear of serious bodily harm, or by the threat or presenting of firearms, or other deadly weapon or instrumentality whatsoever, he shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by confinement in a state correctional facility for life or any term not less than five years.

VA Code § 18.2-58.1. Carjacking; penalty

A. Any person who commits carjacking, as herein defined, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for life or a term not less than fifteen years.

B. As used in this section, "carjacking" means the intentional seizure or seizure of control of a motor vehicle of another with intent to permanently or temporarily deprive another in possession or control of the vehicle of that possession or control by means of partial strangulation, or suffocation, or by striking or beating, or by other violence to the person, or by assault or otherwise putting a person in fear of serious bodily harm, or by the threat or presenting of firearms, or other deadly weapon or instrumentality whatsoever. "Motor vehicle" shall have the same meaning as set forth in § 46.2-100.

C. The provisions of this section shall not preclude the applicability of any other provision of the criminal law of the Commonwealth which may apply to any course of conduct which violates this section.

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