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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 10:22:27+00:00

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Appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Sussex (Virginia) that entered judgment in favor of appellee in an action alleging that after appellant had been judged a habitual offender, he drove in such a manner as to endanger the life, limb, or property of another, a violation of Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-357(B)(2). With no proof as to whether the officer has caught the Appellant, using radar (Lidar), the Appellant took the defense that there was no evidence in the record as to appellant’s actually driving.
The Commonwealth charged defendant with speeding under Sussex County, Va., Code § 82-4-10, which tracked the language of and substance of the comparable Virginia Code Annotated provisions. Defendant stipulated the Commonwealth’s evidence was sufficient to convict him, but moved to dismiss the § 82-4-10 charge because he was not provided an immediate hearing upon his request pursuant to Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-936. Section 46.2-936 provided that a person issued a summons for a violation of the traffic code which was punishable as a misdemeanor had a right to an immediate hearing. Defendant requested such a hearing by noting it on the Virginia Uniform Summons of which both he and the officer had copies. However, the speeding infraction was not punishable as a misdemeanor, and, even if it had been, the remedy for violation of the rights under § 46.2-936 would not have been dismissal of the charge.
Defendant driver sought review of a judgment of the Circuit Court of Sussex (Virginia), which found that Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-391.2(A), which suspended the driving license on the failure to submit to a breath test in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-268.3, was civil and remedial, and thus did not violate constitutional double jeopardy. The Defendant had previously been sentenced to 10 days in jail for a traffic offense.
Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Sussex County (Virginia), defendant was convicted of a third or subsequent traffic offense of driving on a suspended or revoked license and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and sentenced to five years for unauthorized use and 12 months for driving while suspended. Defendant appealed.
Defendant appealed her conviction by the Circuit Court of Sussex (Virginia) of reckless driving by speeding 70 miles per hour in a 45 miles-per-hour zone in Virginia State under Virginia Code Ann. § 46.2-862, following the denial of her motion to strike the evidence obtained by pacing to prove her speed, alleging that pacing as per law was not a method for determining speed listed in Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-882.
Appellant challenged his conviction of involuntary manslaughter in the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of Va. Code Ann. §§ 18.2-30, 18.2-36, entered in the Circuit Court of Sussex (Virginia), claiming the evidence was insufficient to convict him of the offense for which he had been detained by the police. The Commonwealth was able to prove that if the appellant’s attention were not diverted, he would have seen the school bus signs and flashing lights before he passed it. Judgment affirmed.

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