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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 00:27:58+00:00

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In a driving under influence (DUI) case a general district court found defendant guilty of drunk driving under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266. Defendant appealed. A jury in the circuit court found defendant guilty as charged. The Circuit Court of Loudoun (Virginia) denied defendant's motion to set aside the verdict and entered final judgment. Defendant appealed.
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266(i), prohibits driving with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or more by weight by volume or 0.08 grams or more per 210 liters of breath.
A DUI verdict finding an accused guilty "as charged" in a warrant citing Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266 requires that an appellate court address on appeal both Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266(i) and (ii).
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266(i) permits a factfinder to infer that the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level determined by a timely breath test accurately states the BAC level at the time of driving. While sometimes called a "rebuttable presumption," the later-BAC-implies-prior-BAC principle underlying § 18.2-266(i) is no more than a permissible evidentiary inference that the factfinder may accept or reject. Understood that way, the inference violates no constitutional norms.

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