About Dennis E. Jones - Significant Cases
Founder, Dennis E. Jones is a highly respected criminal defense lawyer in the Virginia legal community. He has a long and successful track record in a variety of Federal, state Felony and Appeals cases.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES:
DENNIS E. JONES Counsel of Record David Anthony Taylor v. United States Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. §1951, the Government is relieved of proving beyond a reasonable doubt the interstate commerce element by relying exclusively on evidence that the robbery or attempted robbery of a drug dealer is an inherent economic enterprise that satisfies as a matter of law, the interstate commerce element of the offense.
VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT
Clinchfield Coal Co. v. Kincaid, 216 Va. 27 (1975),
Clinchfield Coal Co. v. Willis, 218 Va. 529 (1977),
Leonard v. Counts, 221 Va. 582 (1980).
VIRGINIA COURT OF APPEALS
Ratliff v. Dominion Coal Co., 3 Va. App. 175 (1986),
Fields v. Fields, 1996 Va. App. Lexis 148 (1996),
Northcutt v. Northcutt, 39 Va. App. 192 (2002),
Fitzgerald v. Fitzgerald, 2005 Va. App. Lexis 285 (2005).
RESULTS DEPEND ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE, PRIOR RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR OUTCOME
• Tried in excess of 100 jury trials on the state and federal level.
• Acquittal for 1 of 16 co-defendants in a major cocaine distribution conspiracy.
• Acquittal of the lead defendant in program fraud and bribery case.
• Acquittal of defendant who confessed 3 times within 72 hours of arrest.
• Judgment of Acquittal of physician convicted of multiple counts of wire fraud,
mail fraud and money laundering.
• Non-prosecution of physician being investigated for healthcare fraud.
• Non-prosecution of company being investigated for tax evasion.
FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
United States v. Taylor,
Taylor v. DOWCP,
United States v. Stiltner,
United States v. Williams,
United States v. Eldridge,
United States v. Vance,
United States v. Williams,
United States v. Kelly,
Harless v. Murray,
United States v. Bynum,
Osborne v. Rose,
United States v. McCoy,
United States v. Hobbs,
United States v. Stevenson,
United States v. Nunez,
United States v. Bailey,
United States v. Edwards,
United States v. Scott,
United States v. Williams,
United States v. Baumgardner,
United States v. Brooks,
United States v. Aristizabal,
United States v. Perry,
United States v. Helbig,
United States v. Baxter.