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the maximum speeds permitted by law, any person who drives a vehicle on any highway
recklessly or at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger the life, limb, or
property of any person shall be guilty of reckless driving.
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charged with reckless driving under Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-852. She filed a
motion in limine seeking to exclude any testimony concerning a preliminary
breath test (PBT), or in the alternative, for an instruction with regard to the
blood alcohol presumptions found in Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-269. The motion was
denied by the Circuit Court of Fairfax, Virginia. Defendant appealed her
reckless driving conviction.
prosecution adduces evidence of a particular blood alcohol level to
establish that an appellant was intoxicated and driving recklessly, the
presumptions found in Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-269 become relevant. Therefore,
a jury instruction regarding the statutory presumptions of impairment at
various levels should be granted to the party requesting it. Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-852
does not mention intoxication. Nor does the statute prohibit driving with
a particular blood alcohol level. Evidence of intoxication is a factor
that might bear upon proof of dangerous or reckless driving in a given
case even though it does not, of itself, prove reckless driving.
Therefore, in a reckless driving case, intoxication--not mere consumption
of some alcohol--is relevant to establishing that the defendant drove her
car so as to endanger the life, limb, or property of any person. §
46.2-852. In order to prove intoxication, proof of a defendant's blood
alcohol level may be introduced along with other evidence concerning the
significance of this blood alcohol level. We have client
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Defendant sought
review of a judgment from the Circuit Court of Fairfax (Virginia), which
convicted defendant, a habitual offender, of driving under the influence of
alcohol and which sentenced defendant as a felon, pursuant to Va. Code Ann. §
46.2-357(B)(2). In claiming that the drunken driving had endangered nobody,
defendant sought imposition of a misdemeanor sentence, pursuant to Va. Code
Ann. 46.2-357(B)(1).
One who knowingly drives
an automobile on a highway under the influence of intoxicants, in
violation of statute, is negligent. No case holds that one driving under
the influence of an intoxicant must necessarily be driving recklessly.
Thus, while evidence of intoxication is a factor that might bear upon
proof of dangerous or reckless driving in a given case, it does not, of
itself, prove reckless driving. One may be both drunk and reckless. One
may be reckless though not drunk; one may even be a total abstainer, and
one may be under the influence of intoxicants and yet drive carefully.
Indeed, with knowledge of the condition, a person might, for the time
being, drive with extraordinary care. A person under the influence of
intoxicants may at times conduct oneself with the utmost care and dignity,
and the person might do this to an extent which will manifest that which
the person hopes to conceal. A person might tread a line with an exactness
which no sober person would feel called upon to attempt.
negligent driving and reckless driving is the critical element in
determining punishment under Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-357. In defining the
conduct that gives rise to felony punishment under Va. Code Ann. §
46.2-357(B)(2), the legislature uses the phrase, "driving that
endangers the life, limb, or property of another," language virtually
identical to that found in the statute defining reckless driving, pursuant
to Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-852.
appealed the judgment of the Circuit Court of Fairfax (Virginia), which
convicted him of reckless driving in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-852. The
trial court held that Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-920 did not protect defendant, a
police officer, from criminal prosecution for conduct constituting reckless
disregard for the safety of persons and property. The trial court refused to
apply a "reasonable officer" standard.
provides in part: Irrespective of the maximum speeds permitted by law, any
person who drives a vehicle on any highway recklessly or at a speed or in
a manner so as to endanger the life, limb, or property of any person shall
be guilty of reckless driving.
sufficiency of the evidence on appeal of a criminal conviction, the
appellate court must view all the evidence in the light most favorable to
the Commonwealth and accord to the evidence all reasonable inferences
fairly deducible therefrom. The appellate court will not disturb the trial
court's judgment unless it is plainly wrong or without evidence to support
it. Further, the weight that should be given to evidence and whether the
testimony of a witness is credible are questions which the fact finder
must decide. 'Reckless driving is a criminal offense and to sustain a
conviction, the Commonwealth's evidence must establish guilt beyond a
A jury in the Circuit Court of Fairfax
(Virginia) convicted defendant of reckless driving by speed, in violation of
Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-862. Defendant appealed.
For a defendant to be
found guilty of reckless driving by speed under Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-862,
the Commonwealth must prove that the defendant was driving on a highway in
the Commonwealth, and was driving (i) at a speed of twenty miles per hour
or more in excess of the applicable maximum speed limit or (ii) in excess
of eighty miles per hour regardless of the applicable maximum speed limit.
Improper driving, Va.
Code Ann. § 46.2-869, is not a lesser-included offense of reckless driving
by speed, Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-862. Every commission of reckless driving
by speed does not also constitute a commission of improper driving. In
addition, improper driving is not composed entirely of the elements of
reckless driving by speed. Improper driving requires an additional finding
of slight culpability, an element excluded from the reckless driving by
speed statute.
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convicted in the Circuit Court of Fairfax (Virginia) of driving under the
influence and reckless driving. He appealed.
As is well settled in a
criminal case resulting in a conviction, a Virginia appellate court
reviews the evidence, and all reasonable inferences, in the light most
favorable to the Commonwealth as the party prevailing below. That
principle requires the appellate court to discard the evidence of the
defendant in conflict with the Commonwealth's evidence and regard as true
all evidence favorable to the Commonwealth.
The two offenses subject
to Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-294.1, driving under the influence and reckless
driving, are "separate and distinct" violations. Nevertheless,
the legislature intended that a conviction of one offense precludes
conviction of the other, whenever both grow from the same continuous,
uninterrupted course of operation of a motor vehicle. Thus, the statute is
applicable where the two offenses grow out of the same act or acts of
driving. It is the commonality of the underlying offending conduct, the
continuous, uninterrupted operation of a motor vehicle, that invokes the
preclusive effect of the statute.
convicted in a bench trial of misdemeanor reckless driving, in violation of Va.
Code Ann. § 46.2-852, and felony leaving the scene of an accident, in violation
of Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-894. The Circuit Court of Fairfax (Virginia) sentenced
defendant to two years in prison, all suspended, for the leaving the scene of
an accident conviction and six months in jail for the reckless driving
conviction. Defendant appealed.
When the sufficiency of
the evidence is challenged on appeal, a reviewing court determines whether
the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the prevailing party
and the reasonable inferences fairly deducible from that evidence support
each and every element of the charged offense. In so doing, the reviewing
court must discard the evidence of the accused in conflict with that of
the Commonwealth, and regard as true all the credible evidence favorable
to the Commonwealth and all fair inferences that may be drawn therefrom.
It is the reviewing court's duty to look to that evidence which tends to
support the conviction and to permit the conviction to stand unless
plainly wrong. Indeed, the judgment of a trial court sitting without a
jury is entitled to the same weight as a jury verdict and will not be set
aside unless it appears from the evidence that the judgment is plainly
wrong or without evidence to support it.
The word "recklessly"
as used in Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-852 imparts a disregard by the driver of a
motor vehicle for the consequences of his or her act and an indifference
to the safety of life, limb or property. Speed alone is not a violation of
§ 46.2-852, but only becomes so when it endangers life, limb or property.
The essence of the offense of reckless driving lies not in the act of
operating a vehicle, but in the manner and circumstances of its
operation. We have client
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A jury in the
Circuit Court of Fairfax (Virginia) convicted defendant of reckless driving by
speed, in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-852. Defendant appealed.
A reviewing court's
responsibility in reviewing jury instructions is to see that the law has
been clearly stated and that the instructions cover all issues which the
evidence fairly raises.
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charged with Reckless Driving in Virginia and you are wondering what the penalty
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driving case the Defendant sought review of a judgment of the Circuit Court of Fairfax
(Virginia), which convicted him in a bench trial of driving after having been
adjudicated an habitual offender in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-357.
conduct that gives rise to felony punishment under 46.2-357(B)(2), the
legislature uses the phrase, driving that endangers the life, limb, or
property of another, language virtually identical to that found in the
statute defining reckless driving. Drunk driving does not per se deserve
felony treatment under § 46.2-357. While evidence of intoxication is a
factor that might bear upon proof of dangerous or reckless driving in a
given case, it does not, of itself, prove reckless driving. The essence of
the offense of reckless driving lies not in the act of operating a
Because an appellant was
weaving within in his own lane and into the other lane, the circumstances
support a finding that his driving of itself endangered the life, limb, or
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charged separately with reckless driving and with manslaughter. Defendant was
acquitted of reckless driving. In the trial on the charge of manslaughter, the
trial court allowed the Commonwealth to question a police officer on the
contents of defendant's friend's written statement over defendant's objection...
when a statement
accusing one of the commission of an offense is made in his presence and
hearing and is not denied, both the statement and the fact of his failure
to deny are admissible in a criminal proceeding against him as evidence of
his acquiescence in its truth....
Circuit Court of Fairfax Virginia) convicted defendant of reckless driving by
speed, in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-862. Defendant appealed.
evidence fairly raises. For a defendant to be