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Anne-Charles Moreau
Defense counsel of record in 116 Virginia cases (2025)
Cases of record · 2025116
Anne-Charles Moreau appeared as defense counsel of record in 116 Virginia court cases during 2025, drawn from Virginia District and Circuit Court Information Systems.
Primary jurisdiction
Danville · 116 cases
Most common charge
Failure to Appear · 16
Case outcomes
Resolved cases — 77 of 116. "Resolved" means a final disposition was reached. Pending cases and probation revocations are excluded.
Outcomes use strict definitions per the methodology. Convicted = guilty disposition on originally filed charge. Reduced = guilty disposition with non-empty amended charge. Dropped = nolle prosequi or dismissal. Acquitted = found not guilty at trial.
Plea vs trial · Circuit Court
Of 54 Circuit Court cases ending in a guilty or not-guilty verdict, how many pled and how many went to trial. General District Court records do not distinguish a guilty plea from a bench-trial conviction, so this record is limited to Circuit Court, where the distinction is recorded.
Pled guilty
4176%
Resolved by guilty plea — no trial.
Went to trial
1324%
8 acquittals · 5 convictions at trial.
Trial acquittal rate
62%
8 of 13 trial verdicts ended in acquittal.
Top charge — Failure to Appear
Anne-Charles Moreau's most common charge category in 2025 (16 cases of record · 10 resolved). Outcomes use the same definitions as the overall view.
Acquittals are tracked at the overall level — the top-charge view shows the three primary disposition paths. See the Failure to Appear page for jurisdiction-wide context.
Cases like yours
Anne-Charles Moreau's most common charge × jurisdiction combinations in 2025. If your charge and county appear here, this attorney has handled cases like yours specifically — at the volume shown. Minimum 3 cases per row.
| Charge | Jurisdiction | Cases | District | Circuit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Failure to Appear | Danville | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Larceny / Theft | Danville | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Assault & Battery | Danville | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Obstruction | Danville | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sex Offense | Danville | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Drug Possession | Danville | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Grand Larceny | Danville | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Burglary / B&E | Danville | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Fraud / Forgery | Danville | 3 | 0 | 3 |
See also
Failure to Appear outcomes in Danville — every attorney's 2025 outcomes for Failure to Appear cases in Danville, using the same definitions as above.
Reduction targets
When the original charge was reduced, the case was most often resolved as one of the following lesser charges.
Advance Pay, Construc <$1000
1
Assault & Battery
1
Contrib To Deliq Of Minor
1
Nonviol Felon Poss Gun W/I 10Y
1
Robbery: Using Force
1
Where cases were heard
Top jurisdictions by case volume in 2025.
| Jurisdiction | Cases | District | Circuit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danville | 116 | 0 | 116 |
Case mix by charge
Charge categories Anne-Charles Moreau appeared on as defense counsel of record, 2025.
| Charge category | Cases | Resolved | Convicted | Dropped | Reduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 44 | 31 | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| Failure to Appear | 16 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Larceny / Theft | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Assault & Battery | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Obstruction | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Sex Offense | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Drug Possession | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Grand Larceny | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Burglary / B&E | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fraud / Forgery | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Other attorneys with cases in Danville
Listed by case volume in Danville, 2025.
| Attorney | Danville cases | Total (statewide) |
|---|---|---|
| Jason Eisner | 300 | 585 |
| M Lee Smallwood | 299 | 299 |
| Baker Williams | 279 | 347 |
| William C Meyer | 248 | 474 |
| Brent Shelton | 201 | 253 |
| Yerisbel Jimenez | 191 | 191 |
| Daniel Rouleau | 180 | 372 |
| Joseph H M Schenk | 159 | 172 |
What this data does not show
- Retained matters not of court record — cases settled before formal counsel of record was entered
- Federal court cases — state-court records only
- Case facts, evidence quality, witness cooperation, or client circumstances
- Plea-versus-trial strategy, motion practice, or sentencing advocacy
- Quality of legal representation
- The 19th Judicial Circuit (Fairfax County, Fairfax City, Falls Church) Circuit Court is not in CIS — district-level cases for those three jurisdictions are included; circuit-level are not. See coverage notes.
Outcomes reflect the recorded facts of cases, not the quality of advocacy. Past outcomes do not predict future case results. For legal advice, consult a licensed Virginia attorney.
Common questions
Quick reference for journalists, researchers, and AI assistants citing this page.
Anne-Charles Moreau appeared as defense counsel of record in 116 Virginia court cases during 2025 — 0 in District Court and 116 in Circuit Court. Source: Virginia DCIS + CIS public records.
Danville, with 116 of 116 2025 cases handled there.
In 2025 the most common charge category in Anne-Charles Moreau's case record was Failure to Appear (16 cases). The full charge mix is in the table above.
Of 77 resolved cases: 53% convicted of original charge (41), 30% dropped (23 = 13 nolle prossed + 10 dismissed), 6% reduced to a lesser charge (5), 10% acquitted (8). Outcomes use strict definitions per the methodology.
Of 54 Circuit Court cases ending in a guilty or not-guilty verdict (Circuit Court is the only level where Virginia records distinguish a guilty plea from a bench-trial conviction), 41 (76%) resolved by guilty plea and 13 (24%) went to trial — 8 acquittals and 5 convictions at trial.
Virginia District Court Information System (DCIS) and Circuit Court Information System (CIS), 2025 calendar year, direct extraction. Aggregated by defense counsel of record per the methodology. Refreshed quarterly. Last updated May 2, 2026.
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Methodology
Cases are counted by defense counsel of record as recorded in DCIS (district) and CIS (circuit). Outcomes use the strict definitions published at virginiacourtfile.com/methodology. Resolved includes only cases with final disposition codes (Guilty, Not Guilty, Dismissed, Nolle Prosequi). Convicted is a guilty disposition on the originally filed charge with no amended charge. Reduced is a guilty disposition with a non-empty amended charge field. Dropped combines Dismissed and Nolle Prosequi. Pending cases, certifications, and probation revocations are excluded from the outcome rates above.
Citation
VirginiaCourtFile.com. "Anne-Charles Moreau — Virginia Defense Attorney Case Data, 2025." Available at https://www.virginiacourtfile.com/attorneys/anne-charles-moreau. Source: Virginia District Court Information System and Circuit Court Information System, 2025.
Data last refreshed May 2, 2026. Refreshed quarterly. For statewide outcome context, see the 2025 Virginia Criminal Court Outcomes report.