Court level
62 % District · 38 % Circuit
Crawford Ellsworth
Defense counsel of record in 395 Virginia cases (2025)
Cases of record · 2025395
Crawford Ellsworth appeared as defense counsel of record in 395 Virginia court cases during 2025, drawn from Virginia District and Circuit Court Information Systems.
Primary jurisdiction
Prince George County · 204 cases
Most common charge
Weapons Offense · 28
Case outcomes
Resolved cases — 279 of 395. "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 45 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
3680%
Resolved by guilty plea — no trial.
Went to trial
920%
0 acquittals · 9 convictions at trial.
Trial acquittal rate
0%
0 of 9 trial verdicts ended in acquittal.
Top charge — Weapons Offense
Crawford Ellsworth's most common charge category in 2025 (28 cases of record · 22 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 Weapons Offense page for jurisdiction-wide context.
Cases like yours
Crawford Ellsworth'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Property Destruction | Suffolk | 24 | 22 | 2 |
| Drug Possession | Prince George County | 17 | 6 | 11 |
| Larceny / Theft | Prince George County | 17 | 7 | 10 |
| Weapons Offense | Prince George County | 17 | 9 | 8 |
| Failure to Appear | Prince George County | 15 | 10 | 5 |
| Reckless Driving | Suffolk | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Weapons Offense | Suffolk | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| Trespassing | Prince George County | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| DUI / DWI | Prince George County | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Driving Suspended | Suffolk | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Fraud / Forgery | Suffolk | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Assault & Battery | Prince George County | 4 | 3 | 1 |
See also
Property Destruction outcomes in Suffolk — every attorney's 2025 outcomes for Property Destruction cases in Suffolk, 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.
Improper Driving
4
Speeding 1-9 Over In 55/70 Zone
4
Speeding 10-14 Over In 55/70 Zone
3
69/60 Sp
2
79/70 Speeding
2
Defective Equipment Generally
2
Defective Equipment Generally
2
Reg Viol; Not Tier Iii
2
Where cases were heard
Top jurisdictions by case volume in 2025.
| Jurisdiction | Cases | District | Circuit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince George County | 204 | 101 | 103 |
| Suffolk | 157 | 113 | 44 |
| Chesterfield County | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| New Kent County | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| Charles City County | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| York County | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Isle of Wight County | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Southampton County | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Virginia Beach | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Case mix by charge
Charge categories Crawford Ellsworth appeared on as defense counsel of record, 2025.
| Charge category | Cases | Resolved | Convicted | Dropped | Reduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 158 | 109 | 33 | 48 | 25 |
| Traffic Infraction | 47 | 45 | 14 | 18 | 10 |
| Weapons Offense | 28 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 |
| Property Destruction | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Reckless Driving | 21 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Drug Possession | 20 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Failure to Appear | 20 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| Larceny / Theft | 18 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| DUI / DWI | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Assault & Battery | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Other attorneys with cases in Prince George County
Listed by case volume in Prince George County, 2025.
| Attorney | Prince George County cases | Total (statewide) |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Sylvester | 304 | 484 |
| Andrew Sells | 183 | 297 |
| Whitney King | 119 | 177 |
| Carol Zacheiss | 116 | 235 |
| Christopher Hale | 78 | 129 |
| Ana Cordic | 24 | 65 |
| Jay C Paul | 15 | 33 |
| Thomas Johnson | 10 | 28 |
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.
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Crawford Ellsworth appeared as defense counsel of record in 395 Virginia court cases during 2025 — 244 in District Court and 151 in Circuit Court. Source: Virginia DCIS + CIS public records.
Prince George County, with 204 of 395 2025 cases handled there.
In 2025 the most common charge category in Crawford Ellsworth's case record was Weapons Offense (28 cases). The full charge mix is in the table above.
Of 279 resolved cases: 33% convicted of original charge (92), 47% dropped (130 = 82 nolle prossed + 48 dismissed), 17% reduced to a lesser charge (47), 4% acquitted (10). Outcomes use strict definitions per the methodology.
Of 45 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), 36 (80%) resolved by guilty plea and 9 (20%) went to trial — 0 acquittals and 9 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. "Crawford Ellsworth — Virginia Defense Attorney Case Data, 2025." Available at https://www.virginiacourtfile.com/attorneys/crawford-ellsworth. 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.