Trial Date

The grand jury met last Monday, and the trial is moving forward as expected. On Thursday, the official trial date was set for Tuesday, October 30. On the 30th, the defendant will enter his plea. If he pleads guilty, it may take a few months for the judge to decide his sentencing. If he pleads not guilty, the trial will begin that day.The trial is public, and I encourage you to attend if you wish to do so. Please let me know if you plan to attend, as we need to notify the court of how many people to expect -- per court policy, they may need to provide more security officers with a large crowd.

Donation for Raffle / Silent Auction

It's never too early to start planning...We're going to have a silent auction or raffle at the MA benefit. I'd like to start a list of possible items to auction or raffle. Things like sports event or concert tickets, brand new electronics, and gift baskets would be great.

Some banks like Wachovia, has a Possibilities Rewards program. With it, I earn points every time I make a purchase and I can redeem the points online by choosing things like gift cards, merchandise, airline tickets, and cash back. I've decided to take all the points I earn before the MA benefit and redeem them to get an item to donate toward the auction/raffle.

Hotel and airlines offer rewards points that can be redeem online by choosing things like a plane tickets, merchandise, gift cards, rental vehicles and other items. Since I have rewards with every airline and any hotel I will being using my points to donations to the silent auction as well as other merchandise that I purchase before the MA benefit.

If you are willing to donate something, please let Lindsay Marti know. Even if you don't think you will attend the event.

Arrest and Current Information:
Case Number: GT07019604-00
File Date: 06/07/07
Complainant: ROWLING, M
Locality: COMMONWEALTH OF VA
Defendant: CHAN, VATHANA SEREY
Defense Attorney: DENMAN RUCKER
City/State Address: HERNDON, VA. 20170
Sex: Male
Race: Asian or Pacific Islander
DOB: 04/24/****
Charge: INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Code Section: A.18.2-36.1
Case Type: Felony
Class: U
Offense Date: 06/05/07
Arrest Date: 06/07/07

Hearings
03 06/12/07 1000AM Continued Review Progress 3A 000
04 07/02/07 0830AM Continued Appoint Attorney 3A 000 05
07/16/07 1130AM Finalized Preliminary 3B 000


Virginia Criminal Code for Aggravated Involuntary Manslaughter:§ 18.2-36.1. Certain conduct punishable as involuntary manslaughter. A. Any person who, as a result of driving under the influence in violation of clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of § 18.2-266 or any local ordinance substantially similar thereto unintentionally causes the death of another person, shall be guilty of involuntary manslaughter. B. If, in addition, the conduct of the defendant was so gross, wanton and culpable as to show a reckless disregard for human life, he shall be guilty of aggravated involuntary manslaughter, a felony punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one nor more than 20 years, one year of which shall be a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment. (B applies in this situation. The mandatory minimum is one year and the maximum term of imprisonment for this charge is 20 years.)