Thursday, March 20, 2014
Reckless Driving In Virginia Lawyers Fairfax Eluding Officer Intoxicated
Lawyer - Virginia
Reckless Driving
As per Va. Code §
46.2-852, the general rule for reckless driving is defined as, 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.
Below is a sample
case of reckless driving in Virginia as interpreted by a lawyer in our firm.
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Francis v.
Commonwealth
Facts:
Defendant in
Fairfax was
convicted of eluding a police officer and driving while intoxicated. Defendant
argued that his conviction for eluding a police officer constituted a
conviction for reckless driving, thereby requiring the trial court, to have
dismissed a driving while intoxicated charge against him which arose out of the
"same acts." On appeal, the court affirmed the convictions. The court
held that, because the offense of eluding a police officer was not reckless driving
on the date of the offense, Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-294.1 did not pose a statutory
bar to defendant's conviction for driving while intoxicated in violation of
Fairfax. The court held that the 1984 amendment to Va. Code Ann. § 46.1-192.1
changed the offense of eluding a police officer so that it no longer
constituted the offense of reckless driving because it deleted the language
designating violations of the statute as reckless driving.
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a traffic case in Virginia, contact a SRIS Law Group lawyer for help. You can reach us at 888-437-7747
Holdings:
The Virginia
Court made the following holding:
- Va. Code Ann. §
19.2-294.1 provides that whenever a person is charged with both reckless
driving and driving while intoxicated "growing out of the same act or
acts" and is convicted of one of the offenses, the trial court shall
dismiss the remaining charge. The court will give to an amended statute
the plain and unambiguous meaning which appears on its face. The court
will not read into the statute language which the legislature purposefully
deleted.
We have client
meeting locations in Fairfax Prince William Richmond Loudoun Virginia Beach
Fredericksburg Lynchburg.
An attorney from
our firm will do his best to help you.
We will do our
absolute best to help you get the best result possible based on the facts of
your case. The lawyers in our law firm have the necessary experience to assist
you with this matter.
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