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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 00:25:02+00:00

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Defendant a resident of Loudoun was convicted in 1983 under the "drunk in public" statute, Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-388, for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Defendant was convicted in 1985 under the "driving under the influence" (DUI) statute, Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266, for driving with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 percent. The trial court rejected defendant's contention that neither of her prior convictions qualified her for habitual offender status pursuant to Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-351. The court affirmed the contested judgment imposing that status upon defendant.
The inquiry under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266(i) is not whether a driver was in fact "under the influence of alcohol" to a degree that his ability to drive safely was affected; rather, the issue is whether at the time he was driving his blood alcohol concentration was at least .10 percent as measured by a subsequently administered chemical test.
Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-351 defines an "habitual offender." Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-351(1) lists the types of convictions which, when numbering three or more, justify a finding of habitual offender status. Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-351(1)(b) describes one such conviction as being for driving or operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants or drugs in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266 or Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-341.24(A). Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-351(1)(b) does not describe such a conviction as being for driving or operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants or drugs in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266 except for Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-351(1)(b)(i).
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