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Virginia Beach DUI Lawyers Traffic Evidence Driving Influence Alcohol
7:44 AM | Posted by Atchuthan Sris | Edit Post
In a reckless driving case in Virginia Beach police detective followed a car in which defendant was a passenger because it was being driven erratically. The driver of the car pulled into a church and school parking lot. When the detective confronted the driver in the parking lot, he smelled alcohol on his breath and arrested him for driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol and for reckless driving. While the detective was securing the driver outside the car, he noticed defendant making furtive gestures.
Probable cause to arrest is established by facts and circumstances which would lead a prudent person to believe that a suspect had committed or was committing an offense.
Virginia Beach Drunk Driving Lawyers Traffic Violation Code 18.2-270
The Circuit Court of Virginia Beach (Virginia) convicting her of driving under the influence (DUI), second or subsequent offense, in violation of Va. Code Ann. §§ 18.2-266 and 18.2-270, defendant appealed…
Virginia Beach DUI Lawyers Traffic Breath Test Alcohol
Appellant was convicted in Virginia Beach of aggravated involuntary manslaughter, in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-36.1(B), after his truck collided with a motorcycle. The court affirmed appellant's conviction. The trial court's admission of the results of a preliminary alco-sensor breath test was harmless error. The actual breathalyzer test, which was introduced into evidence without objection, indicated a higher concentration of alcohol than that obtained from the preliminary test. The trial court's admission of unrelated convictions for driving under the influence of (DUI) alcohol was also harmless error.
In a prosecution brought under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-36.1, the Commonwealth is required to prove a causal connection between the driver's intoxication and the death of another person. Generally, causation is an issue for the jury to decide.
The proper legal standard for conduct punishable under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-36.1 is: any person who, as a result of driving under the influence in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266(ii), (iii), or (iv) unintentionally causes the death of another person, shall be guilty of involuntary manslaughter. The statute in clear and unmistakable terms requires proof of causation, nothing more, nothing less.
Virginia Beach DUI Lawyers Traffic Driving Intoxication Negligence
2:27 AM | Posted by Atchuthan Sris | Edit Post
Defendant contended that the Virginia Beach court erred in failing to dismiss his manslaughter indictment because that conviction violated the Double Jeopardy Clause of U.S. Const. amend. V, and Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-294. The appellate court disagreed, finding that the driving while under influence (DUI) statute, under which defendant had been previously convicted, and the vehicular aggravated involuntary manslaughter statute required proof of different elements.
Drunken driving is not only unlawful in itself, but it tends to make a defendant's dangerous conduct more dangerous.
A defendant's level of intoxication is relevant to a determination of the degree of the defendant's negligence: whether ordinary, gross, or wanton. It may serve to elevate the defendant's conduct to the level of negligence so gross, wanton, and culpable as to show a reckless disregard of human life.
Virginia Beach Drunk Driving Lawyers Traffic Credible Evidence
7:45 AM | Posted by Atchuthan Sris | Edit Post
Following the denial of defendant's motions to strike the evidence, the Circuit Court of Virginia Beach (Virginia) convicted defendant of drunk driving, in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266. Defendant appealed.