To prove that a person should be convicted of criminal use of a vulnerable adult, the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused engaged in the alleged conduct and that the adult in question was indeed vulnerable as defined by the Code of Virginia. If the prosecution is unable to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the defendant engaged in criminal conduct against a vulnerable adult, a conviction will not take place. The prosecution takes these cases seriously, which is why a defendant should obtain a vulnerable adult abuse lawyer in Mecklenburg County immediately.