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Bryan v. Commonwealth
Defendant in Virginia Beach sought review of a judgment of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, which affirmed his conviction for operating a vehicle under the influence of intoxicants (DUI) as a second offense within 5 to 10 years of a first DUI conviction.
Where a driving under the influence (DUI) conviction is within 5 years of a first DUI conviction, a defendant is required to serve 48 hours of the sentence imposed for the previous conviction. Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-270. To convict a defendant of a second driving under the influence (DUI) offense within 5 to 10 years of a prior DUI conviction, the prior offense must be charged and proven.
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9:43 AM | Posted by Atchuthan Sris | Edit Post
Defendant in Virginia Beach sought review of a judgment of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, which affirmed his conviction for operating a vehicle under the influence of intoxicants (DUI) as a second conviction within 5 to 10 years of a first DUI conviction.
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Amos v. Commonwealth
The Virginia Beach General District Court convicted defendant of driving while under the influence (DUI), second offense. The State also charged defendant with refusing to submit to a breath or blood test. Defendant appealed. The circuit court tried the case de novo. An issue was whether defendant's arrest was lawful under Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-81, permitting an officer to make a warrantless arrest for a crime committed in his presence.
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-81 provides that an officer may arrest, without a warrant, any person who commits a crime in the presence of the officer. Section 19.2-81 has been interpreted to require that the officer must have personal knowledge acquired by his personal senses that an offense was committed in his presence. Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-100 defines "operator" or "driver" as every person who either (1) drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle on a highway or (2) is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle.
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9:53 AM | Posted by Atchuthan Sris | Edit Post
Defendant in Virginia Beach moved the court to dismiss the warrant charging him with driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266, on the ground that he had been twice placed in double jeopardy in violation of the Fifth Amendment because his operator's license was administratively suspended for seven days pursuant to the results of a blood alcohol test following his DUI arrest.
The Double Jeopardy Clause protects against three distinct abuses: a second prosecution for the same offense after acquittal; a second prosecution for the same offense after conviction; and multiple punishments for the same offense.The issue is whether a civil sanction, in application, may be so divorced from any remedial goal that it constitutes "punishment" for the purpose of double jeopardy analysis. The labels "criminal" and "civil" are not of paramount importance. It is commonly understood that civil proceedings may advance punitive as well as remedial goals, and, conversely, that both punitive and remedial goals may be served by criminal penalties.
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Isaac v. Commonwealth
Defendant in Virginia Beach was charged with operating his vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (DUI), possession of a weapon as a felon and possession of illegal drugs. He filed a pretrial motion to suppress certain incriminating evidence challenging their admissibility.
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-268.2(A) expressly limits the driver's implied consent to situations where he is arrested within two hours of the alleged offense. By interpolating the word validly into the statute, i.e. alcohol testing may take place when he is validly arrested within two hours of the alleged offense, an implied statutory suppression remedy is created for violations of other state statutes. As a general rule, however, violations of state statutory law do not trigger the state-law equivalent of the federal exclusionary rule unless the statute expressly provides for a suppression remedy.
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4:57 AM | Posted by Atchuthan Sris | Edit Post
Following a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Virginia Beach (Virginia), defendant was convicted on an amended indictment alleging that he violated Va. Code Ann. §§ 18.2-266, -270 by unlawfully and feloniously operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (DUI) after having been convicted of 2 other DUI offenses within 10 years. Defendant appealed.
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-270 enhances the offense and attendant punishment for driving under the influence (DUI) from a misdemeanor to a felony upon conviction of a third or subsequent offense committed within 10 years of an offense under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266. The statute does not suggest that convictions for the requisite prior offenses must precede commission of the third or subsequent offense. Therefore, any third or subsequent DUI conviction within the period prescribed by Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-270 triggers the enhanced punishment. Otherwise, an offender could commit multiple unlawful acts of driving under the influence of alcohol without fear of being punished for a felony merely because the offender could not be tried and convicted quickly enough between offenses. An interpretation of the statute that allows a defendant to violate it with impunity would be contrary to the clear legislative intent.
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