• The defendant's rights under both the U.S. and Virginia constitutions
• Arrest, search, and seizure
• Confessions, identification procedures, right to counsel, and self-incrimination
• Electronic eavesdropping, application of the exclusionary rule, and other evidentiary issues
• Pretrial motions, trial practice, sentencing, and judicial review

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