by Jon Sheldon | Nov 1, 2020 | Jonathan Sheldon
A sheriff’s deputy from Pulaski county was found to not have qualified immunity for mistakenly charging a woman with drug distribution. Qualified Immunity is a judicially created doctrine that gives certain government officials immunity from civil suits related to...
by Jon Sheldon | Oct 14, 2020 | Jonathan Sheldon
The Virginia General Assembly recently made procedural changes to the signature requirement of pleadings. The new change says that pleadings that are not properly signed are defective and voidable. Though opposing counsel needs to raise an objection in a timely manner...
by Jon Sheldon | Nov 30, 2014 | Brad Haywood, Capital Defense, Criminal Defense, Jonathan Sheldon, Joseph Flood, Virginia, Virginia Criminal Defense Lawyer
On November 20 and 21, 2014, SFH attorneys Bradley Haywood, Joseph Flood and Jonathan Sheldon presented at the 22nd Annual Virginia Bar Association Capital Defense Workshop. The event, held in the Richmond Marriott in Richmond, VA, is the premier capital defense...
by Jon Sheldon | Jul 19, 2014 | Capital Defense, Criminal Defense, Habeas Corpus, Jonathan Sheldon, Post-conviction, Virginia
Following a day-long hearing in U.S. District Court in Roanoke, VA, Judge Michael Urbanski denied William Morva’s request to represent himself in post-conviction proceedings. Jon Sheldon opposed his client’s request, noting that Morva’s serious...
by Jon Sheldon | Jul 19, 2014 | Criminal Defense, Habeas Corpus, Jonathan Sheldon, Post-conviction, Super Lawyers
Jon Sheldon has been selected as a Super Lawyer for Criminal Defense and Post-Convction for 2014 by Super Lawyers Magazine. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition...
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...
