What are the case outcomes for Driving Suspended in Williamsburg?

Of 261 cases filed in Williamsburg in 2025 (public records), 232 reached a dismissal, plea, verdict, or acquittal. Of those, 18.1% are dismissed, 81.5% result in conviction, and 0.4% end in acquittal. The median case takes 3.6 months. Individual outcomes depend on the specific facts of each case.

What is the dismissal rate for Driving Suspended in Williamsburg?

The dismissal rate is 18.1% of the 232 cases that reached an outcome, out of 261 filed in 2025 (public court records). This includes judicial dismissals and nolle prosequi (cases dropped by the prosecutor).

How long does a Driving Suspended case take in Williamsburg?

The median case takes 3.6 months. The fastest 25% resolve in 2.6 months, while the slowest 25% take 6.3 months or longer. Duration depends on factors specific to each case.

What is the conviction rate for Driving Suspended in Williamsburg?

The conviction rate for Driving Suspended in Williamsburg is 81.5% of the 232 cases that reached an outcome, out of 261 filed in 2025 (public court records). This includes guilty pleas and findings of guilt at trial.

What does the data show about charge reductions for Driving Suspended in Williamsburg?

57.1% of Driving Suspended cases in Williamsburg are amended to a lesser charge based on 2025 court records. The most common reduction is to Rev Lic Contingent On Fin Resp.

What's the difference between General District Court and Circuit Court for Driving Suspended in Williamsburg?

Driving Suspended cases in Williamsburg are heard in General District Court (261 cases in 2025).

How does Williamsburg compare to other courts for Driving Suspended?

Williamsburg has a 18.1% dismissal rate for Driving Suspended. Visit the Driving Suspended overview page to compare dismissal rates, conviction rates, and case timelines across all Virginia jurisdictions.

What does the sentencing data show for Driving Suspended in Williamsburg?

For those convicted of Driving Suspended in Williamsburg, the average sentence recorded is 5.9 months (including suspended time). Actual sentences depend on the specifics of each case. Consult a licensed attorney for guidance on your situation.

Driving Suspended in Williamsburg, VA

Based on 261 public court records from 2025, Driving Suspended cases in Williamsburg General District Court have a 18.1% dismissal rate (statewide avg: 29.0%), a 81.5% conviction rate, and a median case duration of 3.6 months.

Key takeaways

18.1% of Driving Suspended cases in Williamsburg were dismissed or dropped in 2025, across 261 public court records (Virginia average: 29.0%).
81.5% resulted in conviction; 0.4% ended in acquittal.
57.1% were amended to a lesser charge, most often Rev Lic Contingent On Fin Resp.
The median case resolved in 3.6 months; the slowest quarter took 6.3 months or more.

18.1%

Dismissal Rate

▼ vs 29.0% statewide

81.5%

Conviction Rate

▲ vs 69.3% statewide

3.6 months

Median Duration

I Outcomes

Case Outcomes — General District Court

Of 261 General District Court cases in Williamsburg filed in 2025, 232 ended in a dismissal, plea, verdict, or acquittal — the basis for the rates below. This is where most Driving Suspended cases start.

Exhibit · Case-outcome distribution

17.2%

81.5%

Dismissed by judge 0.9% (n=2) Dropped by prosecutor (nolle prosequi) 17.2% (n=40) Convicted 81.5% (n=189) Acquitted 0.4%

Largest outcomeConvicted — 81.5% of 232 resolved cases.

Source: 261 General District Court records, Williamsburg, 2025. See the 2025 Virginia Criminal Court Outcomes report for statewide context. — VirginiaCourtFile.com

Exhibit · How Williamsburg compares

Dismissal rates for Driving Suspended in this and peer jurisdictions, 2025. Peers are the highest-volume neighboring jurisdictions in the same region.

WilliamsburgThis page 18.1% 261 cases

Virginia Beach 30.5% 1,233 cases Newport News 38.5% 649 cases Portsmouth 37.0% 621 cases Hampton 42.4% 547 cases

Statewide average 29.0% all Virginia

Click any peer for its full record. Bar lengths are scaled to the highest rate shown.

Filed in Williamsburg General District Court? See the full General District Court record — charge mix, judges, and officer activity.

January to June 2026 · read at June 30 · General District Court

186 driving suspended cases in Williamsburg General District Court were filed January to June 2026, and 57 had resolved by June 30.

Of the 57 resolved, 12.3% were dismissed or dropped and 87.7% ended in a conviction. 129 were still open at June 30. The same read of January to June 2025 is beside it, so the two half-years are compared at the same age.

Measure	Jan–Jun 2026	Jan–Jun 2025, same read
Filed	186	112
Resolved by June 30	57	37
Still open at June 30	129	75
Dismissed or dropped, of resolved	12.3%	29.7%
Convicted, of resolved	87.7%	70.3%
Convicted on a reduced charge, of resolved	70.2%	48.6%

A case counts as resolved only if its final hearing was held on or before June 30 of its filing year; rates divide by those cases. General District Court only — 2026 Circuit Court figures are not yet published (feed paused 2026-07-09). Filed counts carry a recording caveat and no year-over-year change is claimed. Source read 2026-09-14; the 2025 benchmark elsewhere on this page is the full calendar year. Method.

VCF Sentencing Outcome Index

Outcomes for 232 convicted cases in Williamsburg General District Court (2025-2026).

Exhibit · Sentencing when convicted

14.7%

Received Active Jail

Median 15 days when imposed

▲ vs 6.1% statewide

$25

Median Fine

75.4% received a fine

▼ vs $100 statewide

17.7%

License Suspended

Median 3.0 months when imposed

▼ vs 52.9% statewide

25.0%

Received Probation

Median 1.0 years when imposed

▲ vs 6.5% statewide

These figures describe outcomes for cases that ended in conviction in Williamsburg General District Court. They do not predict any individual case outcome. See methodology for definitions and suppression rules.

Charge Reductions

When the original charge is amended to a lesser offense, usually through negotiation between the attorney and prosecutor.

Exhibit · Charge-reduction patterns

57.1% of Driving Suspended cases
in Williamsburg are reduced

149 cases had their charge amended to a lesser offense.

Most common reductions

Driving Suspended Rev Lic Contingent On Fin Resp

66 cases · 44.3% of reductions

Driving Suspended Failure to Carry/Exhibit License

51 cases · 34.2% of reductions

Driving Suspended No Driver's License

22 cases · 14.8% of reductions

Case Duration

Time from filing to final disposition — half of cases resolve faster than the median.

Exhibit · Case duration

Fastest 25% 2.6 months

Median 3.6 months

Slowest 25% 6.3 months

II Getting Help

Getting Help With a Driving Suspended Charge

Representation options in Williamsburg.

If you cannot afford an attorney for a driving suspended charge, you may qualify for court-appointed counsel or a public defender. How Virginia's indigent-defense system works explains who qualifies and how representation is assigned in Williamsburg. Defense attorneys who have appeared on driving suspended cases in Williamsburg are listed below.

Defense Attorneys with Driving Suspended Cases in Williamsburg

Attorneys whose primary jurisdiction is Williamsburg and who appeared as defense counsel of record on Driving Suspended cases in 2025. Listed by case count.

Paul Freeman 15 of 395 total L Siman Tov Dc40 1244 14 of 73 total John Konstantinou Dc 13 of 100 total Jonathan Gatewood 13 of 64 total P Freeman Dc40 0053 12 of 102 total Robert B Jones Dc40-9455136 12 of 77 total L Major Dc40 2427 11 of 106 total G Brooks Dc40 9971 10 of 146 total G Klugh Dc40 5062 10 of 48 total Peyton Akers 9 of 102 total

Counts are each attorney's full 2025 caseload statewide. Click any name for their jurisdiction + outcome breakdown.

All Virginia defense attorneys

Commonwealth's Attorney Office — Williamsburg

1,025 circuit court filings prosecuted by the Williamsburg Commonwealth's Attorney in 2025. Office-level data — direct-indictment rate, disposition mix, trial activity. View office records →

III Background

Arresting Officers — Dismissal Rates

Officers whose Driving Suspended arrests in Williamsburg are dismissed most frequently. Minimum 10 cases.

Off M Afoa 29.4% 19 cases Off J E Jones 18.2% 12 cases Off C Reider 14.3% 15 cases Off S Sanchez 10.5% 21 cases Off C Spurgeon 0.0% 11 cases

Ranking shows officers in this jurisdiction with the highest Driving Suspended dismissal rates (minimum 10 cases). Click any name for their full record.

All arresting officers in Williamsburg

Common Questions

Statistics from public court records for informational purposes only. Not legal advice. Past outcomes do not predict future results. Consult a licensed attorney for guidance on your case.

Can a Driving Suspended charge be reduced to something lesser?

57.1% of Driving Suspended cases in Williamsburg were amended to a lesser charge in 2025. The most common reduction was to Rev Lic Contingent On Fin Resp (66 cases), followed by Failure to Carry/Exhibit License (51 cases). Whether a reduction is available depends on the specifics of the case and is typically negotiated between the defense attorney and the prosecutor.

How does Williamsburg compare to other Virginia courts?

Williamsburg has a 18.1% dismissal rate for Driving Suspended cases. Outcomes vary significantly across Virginia courts. View the Driving Suspended overview to compare dismissal rates, conviction rates, and case timelines across every jurisdiction.

Where does this data come from and how often is it updated?

All figures on this page come from Virginia's public Case Information System (CIS) and District Court system, calendar year 2025 onward. See methodology for definitions, denominators, and known coverage gaps.

Read this before you quote a number

What this record cannot show

This page is built from what court clerks recorded for Driving Suspended cases in Williamsburg. Some of what you may want to know is not in that record.

The judge. Virginia’s court records do not carry the judge’s name, so nothing on this page describes any judge.
The prosecutor. The record names the office — the Williamsburg Commonwealth’s Attorney — not the individual prosecutor who handled a case.
Why a case ended the way it did. A dismissal can mean a witness did not appear, a motion was won, a plea was reached on another charge, or evidence never arrived. The record shows the outcome, not the reason.
Cases still open. Rates here count only the 232 cases that reached a dismissal, plea, verdict, or acquittal. The other 29 cases filed in 2025 were still pending or otherwise unresolved when the record was read, and they are in none of the rates.
Cases filed before 2025. This page covers cases filed in 2025. A case filed in 2024 and decided in 2025 is not here.
Whether the person had a lawyer. The court’s counsel field is not reliable enough to publish, so this page does not say who was represented, or whether counsel was hired or appointed.
Guilty plea or trial in General District Court. District court records do not say whether a conviction came by plea or after a trial. Only Circuit Court records do, so no plea or trial rate appears here.
What the 2026 half-year can show. The January to June 2026 figures are General District Court only, read at June 30, and count a case as resolved only if its final hearing was held by that date. 129 of the 186 cases filed were still open at the read. Circuit Court 2026 is not yet published; no year-over-year change is claimed.
Time actually served. Sentences here are what the court imposed. Suspended time is included unless a figure says <em>active</em>. Time served, credit for time already spent in jail, and early release are not in the record.

Every figure on this page comes from Virginia’s public court records as read on August 24, 2026. Coverage notes and definitions are in the methodology. If something here is wrong, tell us and we will check the record.

Cite this page

VirginiaCourtFile.com (2026). Driving Suspended Outcomes — Williamsburg, Virginia. Based on 261 public court records, 2025; last updated August 24, 2026. https://www.virginiacourtfile.com/charges/driving-suspended/williamsburg

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