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Cases of record · 2025193

Bev Davis appeared as defense counsel of record in 193 Virginia court cases during 2025, drawn from Virginia District and Circuit Court Information Systems.

Court level
90 % District · 10 % Circuit
Primary jurisdiction
Montgomery County · 99 cases
Most common charge
DUI / DWI · 25

Across 139 resolved 2025 cases, 60% were dropped — 48 nolle prossed and 35 dismissed.

Case outcomes

Resolved cases — 139 of 193. "Resolved" means a final disposition was reached. Pending cases and probation revocations are excluded.

Convicted of original charge
23
16%
Dropped
83
60%
Nolle prossed
48
Dismissed
35
Reduced to a lesser charge
32
23%
To Improper Driving
4
Within charge family
28
Acquitted
1
1%

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 7 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
7100%
Resolved by guilty plea — no trial.
Went to trial
00%
0 acquittals · 0 convictions at trial.

Top charge — DUI / DWI

Bev Davis's most common charge category in 2025 (25 cases of record · 20 resolved). Outcomes use the same definitions as the overall view.

Convicted of original charge
8
40%
Dropped
2
10%
Reduced to a lesser charge
10
50%

Acquittals are tracked at the overall level — the top-charge view shows the three primary disposition paths. See the DUI / DWI page for jurisdiction-wide context.

Cases like yours

Bev Davis'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
DUI / DWI Montgomery County 20 19 1
Larceny / Theft Montgomery County 9 9 0
Assault & Battery Radford 5 5 0
Reckless Driving Montgomery County 5 5 0
Public Intoxication Montgomery County 4 4 0
Drug Possession Montgomery County 3 2 1
Drug Possession Wythe County 3 3 0
Weapons Offense Montgomery County 3 2 1
See also

DUI / DWI outcomes in Montgomery County — every attorney's 2025 outcomes for DUI / DWI cases in Montgomery County, 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.

Defective Equipment Generally
10
DWI, First Offense
7
Defective Equipment Generally
2
Defective Equipment Generally
2
Fail To Obey High. Sign Sleep
2
Fail To Obey High. Sign Sleep
2
Improper Driving
2
Reckless Driving (Misdemeanor)
2

Where cases were heard

Top jurisdictions by case volume in 2025.

Jurisdiction Cases District Circuit
Montgomery County 99 93 6
Radford 38 38 0
Pulaski County 34 22 12
Wythe County 9 8 1
Giles County 6 5 1
Roanoke County 3 3 0
Floyd County 2 2 0
Bland County 1 1 0
Salem 1 1 0

Case mix by charge

Charge categories Bev Davis appeared on as defense counsel of record, 2025.

Charge category Cases Resolved Convicted Dropped Reduced
Other 79 60 8 46 6
Traffic Infraction 30 27 3 13 10
DUI / DWI 25 20 8 2 10
Larceny / Theft 12 2 2 0 0
Reckless Driving 11 9 0 4 5
Assault & Battery 7 7 0 7 0
Drug Possession 7 2 0 2 0
Weapons Offense 6 0 0 0 0
Public Intoxication 5 4 0 4 0
Property Destruction 3 3 1 1 1

Other attorneys with cases in Montgomery County

Listed by case volume in Montgomery County, 2025.

Attorney Montgomery County cases Total (statewide)
Frederick M Kellerman 645 830
Robert Canard 455 1,045
Christopher Tuck 429 553
Joel Jackson 375 518
Matt Roberts 370 479
Brad Mcconnell 352 441
David Rhodes 337 470
Courtney Roberts 287 368

View all attorneys with cases in Montgomery County →

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.

Bev Davis appeared as defense counsel of record in 193 Virginia court cases during 2025 — 173 in District Court and 20 in Circuit Court. Source: Virginia DCIS + CIS public records.
Montgomery County, with 99 of 193 2025 cases handled there.
In 2025 the most common charge category in Bev Davis's case record was DUI / DWI (25 cases). The full charge mix is in the table above.
Of 139 resolved cases: 16% convicted of original charge (23), 60% dropped (83 = 48 nolle prossed + 35 dismissed), 23% reduced to a lesser charge (32), 1% acquitted (1). Outcomes use strict definitions per the methodology.
Of 7 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), 7 (100%) resolved by guilty plea and 0 (0%) went to trial — 0 acquittals and 0 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. "Bev Davis — Virginia Defense Attorney Case Data, 2025." Available at https://www.virginiacourtfile.com/attorneys/bev-davis. 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.