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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 18:47:12+00:00

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Appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Prince George (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.
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The trial court convicted defendant under Virginia law for unlawfully operating a motor vehicle in a reckless manner. During defendant’s trial for passing a school bus that was discharging passengers at the stop, defendant and another defense witness testified that they had not seen the bus. Defense counsel asked two witnesses for the state how the markings on the bus conformed to the regulations of the State Board of Education (board). The trial court held the questions were improper and immaterial. Defendant was convicted of unlawfully driving a motor vehicle in a reckless manner.
One of the most zealously guarded rights in the administration of justice is that of cross-examining an adversary’s witnesses. In Virginia, in criminal cases, it is preserved to the accused by the constitutional guarantee of confrontation. A party called to testify for another, having an adverse interest, may be examined by such other party according to the rules applicable to cross-examination. This applies to criminal cases as well as to civil cases. It is only after the right of cross-examination has been substantially and fairly exercised that the allowance of further cross-examination becomes discretionary with the court. The right, when not abused, is an absolute right and not a mere privilege of a party against whom a witness testifies.
Except when modified by statute, the accused in a criminal case is presumed to be innocent until his guilt has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt; the burden rests upon the Commonwealth to establish such guilt, and this burden never shifts. Every material element of the offense charged must be proved in order to find the defendant guilty.
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Defendant driver sought review of a judgment of the Circuit Court of Prince George (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.
Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-391.2(A) provides in pertinent part that if a person refuses to submit to a breath test in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-268.3, upon issuance of a warrant for driving while intoxicated in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266 or for refusing to take a blood or breath test in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-268.3, his operator’s license shall be suspended immediately for seven days.
Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-391.2(C) provides that any person whose operator’s license has been suspended under Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-391.2(A) may, during the period of the suspension, request the general district court where the arrest was made to review the suspension, and the request is given precedence over all other matters on the docket. If the person proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the arresting officer did not have probable cause for the arrest or that the magistrate did not have probable cause to issue the warrant, the court shall rescind the suspension. Otherwise, the court shall affirm the suspension.
Following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Prince George 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.
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A state trooper stopped defendant and charged him with reckless driving, DUI, having improper registration, and driving on revoked license. In district court, defendant was convicted of improper registration, DUI, and driving revoked. The conviction for improper registration had become final, and the DUI and driving revoked convictions were appealed. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss charges against him for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) and driving while his license was revoked or suspended (driving revoked).
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-294.1 is, by its terms, narrow in scope. The Virginia General Assembly did not intend for a single driving incident to give rise to only a single traffic conviction, regardless of how many statutes are violated, unless the statutes violated are those proscribing driving under the influence of alcohol and reckless driving.
Whenever any person is charged with a violation of § 18.2-266 [the drunk driving statute]… and reckless driving growing out of the same act or acts and is convicted of one of these charges, the court shall dismiss the remaining charge.
Defendant appealed her conviction by the Circuit Court of Prince George (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 Prince George (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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