Lawyers In Lynchburg Virginia

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.

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Harry v. Commonwealth

Facts:

Defendant, a previously adjudicated habitual offender in Lynchburg, was arrested after a police chase during which he operated a motorcycle at a high rate of speed, in gross violation of posted limits, approached a group of children as they crossed the roadway, prompting several to run and, moments thereafter, lost control, crashed into a fence and fled. At an earlier trial, defendant was convicted of attempting to elude police but a reckless driving charge was dismissed. Although reckless driving was a necessary element to the felonious habitual offender charge, the court held that the commonwealth was not collaterally estopped from bringing the charge because the record did not reveal the reason for the earlier dismissal of the reckless driving charge.

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Holdings:

The Virginia Court made the following holding:

• The doctrine of collateral estoppel arises from the protection from double jeopardy in U.S. Const. amend. V and instructs that when an issue of ultimate fact has once been determined by a valid and final judgment, that issue cannot again be litigated between the same parties in any future lawsuit. However, the doctrine does not apply if it appears that the prior judgment could have been grounded upon an issue other than that which the defendant seeks to foreclose from consideration. The party seeking the protection of collateral estoppel carries the burden of showing that the verdict in the prior action necessarily decided the precise issue he now seeks to preclude. An acquittal, standing alone, does not permit a conclusion with respect to a court's findings or rationale.

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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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Ryland v. Commonwealth

Facts:

In a reckless driving case, Defendant appealed his conviction for eluding a police officer in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-817(B) by the Circuit Court of Lynchburg (Virginia), claiming the evidence was insufficient to prove that he endangered the operation of the police vehicle or a person.

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Holdings:

The Virginia Court made the following holding:

• Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-817(C) is clearly intended to enhance punishment for a violation of Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-817(A) when such offense is aggravated by specified conduct, coincidentally a species of reckless driving. Thus, application of the provision is expressly limited to persons convicted of a misdemeanor under Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-817(A).
• Violations of Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-817 do not constitute a reckless driving offense.
• With respect to the endangerment of persons sufficient to constitute a felonious violation of Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-817(B), a manifest purpose of the statute is to protect the public against a driver eluding police so as to endanger a person.

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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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Johnson v. Commonwealth

Facts:

Defendant sought review of a decision by the Circuit Court of Lynchburg (Virginia), which convicted him of reckless driving and overruled his motions to set aside the verdict and for a new trial.

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Holdings:

The Virginia Court made the following holding:

• Where an offense is punishable with a higher penalty, because it is a second or subsequent offense of the same kind, the more severe punishment cannot be inflicted unless the indictment charges that it is a second or subsequent offense. Under rules of criminal pleading the indictment must contain an averment of facts essential to the punishment to be inflicted.
• The court reversed the judgment of the trial court, which convicted defendant of reckless driving and overruled his motions to set aside the verdict and for a new trial. The court remanded the case for a new trial.

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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.

Have you been charged with Reckless Driving in Virginia and you are wondering what the penalty is in VA?

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Sauls v. Commonwealth

Facts:

In a reckless driving case after a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Lynchburg, Virginia, defendant was convicted of felony eluding (Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-817(B)). He appealed.

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Holdings:

The Virginia Court made the following holding:

• The question whether punishments imposed by a court after a defendant's conviction upon criminal charges are unconstitutionally multiple cannot be resolved without determining what punishments the legislative branch has authorized. In making this determination, the court considers whether the Virginia General Assembly has clearly indicated its intent to impose multiple punishments for the defendant's conduct. In some cases, the legislative intent to impose multiple punishments is unambiguous because the statute in question makes that intent clear. Where a statute provides, "a violation of this section constitutes a separate and distinct offense," such language expresses the legislative intent to authorize the imposition of multiple punishments in conjunction with other statutes.
• The language of Va. Code Ann. Code § 46.2-817 evidences the legislature's intent to authorize a separate punishment for felony eluding.

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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.

Have you been charged with Reckless Driving in Virginia and you are wondering what the penalty is in VA?

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For a lot of our clients, a charge of Reckless Driving can result in the loss of their job, their security clearance, etc.

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Sherlock v. Commonwealth

Facts:

A police detective followed a car in Lynchburg 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 of alcohol and for reckless driving.

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Holdings:

The Virginia Court made the following holding:

• When probable cause exists to arrest a person, a constitutionally permissible search of the person incident to arrest may be conducted by an officer either before or after the arrest if the search is contemporaneous with the arrest.
• When considering a sufficiency of the evidence question not properly preserved at trial, the appellant must do more than show that the Commonwealth failed to prove an element or elements of the offense. Otherwise, an appellate court would be required under the ends of justice exception to address the merits of every case where a defendant has failed to move to strike the Commonwealth's evidence as being insufficient to prove an element of the offense. Such a rule would obviate the requirement for making an adequate motion to strike or a contemporaneous objection that the evidence was insufficient. The exception therefore will not be invoked unless the evidence affirmatively shows that an element of the offense did not occur.

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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.

Have you been charged with Reckless Driving in Virginia and you are wondering what the penalty is in VA?

Are you concerned about the consequences of being charged with Reckless Driving in Virginia?

For a lot of our clients, a charge of Reckless Driving can result in the loss of their job, their security clearance, etc.

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Brown v. Commonwealth

Facts:

Defendant was speeding in Lynchburg, and he did not pull over when he was pursued by a police officer. Defendant was in an accident, and the officer asked him what caused it. Defendant admitted that he was speeding. Defendant was convicted of eluding the police. On appeal, defendant claimed that his statement was in violation of his Miranda rights and the trial court erred in overruling his motion to suppress…

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Holdings:

The Virginia Court made the following holding:

• An accused is not entitled to an instruction on an offense which is not a lesser included offense of the one with which he or she is charged. While improper driving may be a lesser included offense of reckless driving, Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-869, it is not a lesser included offense of eluding a police officer.

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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.

Have you been charged with Reckless Driving in Virginia and you are wondering what the penalty is in VA?

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For a lot of our clients, a charge of Reckless Driving can result in the loss of their job, their security clearance, etc.

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Freeman v. Commonwealth

Facts:

Defendant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lynchburg (Virginia) of DUI in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266. He had previously pled guilty to speeding in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-870. Both charges arose from the same course of driving. He asserted that the DUI conviction was barred by Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-294.1 because the speeding conviction constituted a conviction for reckless driving.

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Holdings:

The Virginia Court made the following holding:

• Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-294.1 provides that whenever any person is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol 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.
• Under the plain and unambiguous terms of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-294.1, one may not be charged and convicted of both DUI and reckless driving. A conviction of either DUI or reckless driving, whether in simultaneous or successive prosecutions, requires dismissal of the other charge if the other charge arose from the same act or acts. Virginia 's double jeopardy statute, Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-294, prohibits multiple convictions for separate offenses arising out of same act, except where convictions obtained in single prosecution. Reckless driving and speeding are separate and distinct offenses.

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• Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-294.1 provides that whenever any person is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol 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.

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• The legislature's use of "of itself" in Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-357(B) as a modifier of the word "driving" necessarily requires a trier of fact to find conduct, other than the mere fact of operating a motor vehicle, that imperils or threatens danger to the life, limb, or property of a person other than a driver.

• Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-294.1 provides that whenever any person is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol 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.

• When the sufficiency of the evidence is challenged on appeal, the court views the record in the light most favorable to the commonwealth, granting it all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom, and the decision will not be disturbed unless plainly wrong or without evidence to support it.

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• Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-852 provides, in part, that any person who drives a vehicle on any highway recklessly or at a speed in a manner so as to endanger the life, limb, or property of any person shall be guilty of reckless driving. Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-852..

• "Involve" is defined, in pertinent part, as to draw in as a participant, to implicate, to relate closely, to connect, to have an effect on, to concern directly, to affect. Nothing in these definitions suggests that, for purposes of determining criminal liability under Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-894, a driver must have legally caused an accident in order to be considered "involved" in the accident..

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• Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-294.1 provides that whenever any person is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol 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.
• Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-862 provides that a person shall be guilty of reckless driving who drives a motor vehicle at a speed of twenty miles per hour or more in excess of the applicable maximum speed limit of forty miles per hour or more.
• Under the plain and unambiguous terms of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-294.1, one may not be charged and convicted of both DUI and reckless driving. A conviction of either DUI or reckless driving, whether in simultaneous or successive prosecutions, requires dismissal of the other charge if the other charge arose from the same act or acts. Virginia 's double jeopardy statute, Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-294, prohibits multiple convictions for separate offenses arising out of same act, except where convictions obtained in single prosecution. Reckless driving and speeding are separate and distinct offenses. 

• Ruling that an officer's authority to require a driver to exit a vehicle following a lawful stop for a traffic violation is an additional intrusion that can only be described as de minimus, the United States Supreme Court implicitly rejects the notion of requiring the "least intrusive investigation." 
• The authorization for a frisk for weapons arises from the holding in Terry that a police officer is permitted to frisk a suspect's outer clothing if the officer can point to specific and articulable facts that, taken together with rational inferences from those facts, reasonably lead the officer to conclude that criminal activity may be afoot and that the suspect may be armed and presently dangerous.
• Even in high crime areas, where the possibility that any given individual is armed is significant, Terry requires reasonable, individualized suspicion before a frisk for weapons can be conducted.

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• When considering on appeal the sufficiency of the evidence presented below, the appellate court presumes the judgment of the trial court to be correct and reverses only if the trial court's decision is plainly wrong or without evidence to support it. Under this standard, the appellate court is not permitted to reweigh the evidence. Instead, it asks whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.
• In the context of the double jeopardy bar, considering Va. Code Ann. §§ 46.2-852 and 46.2-817(B) together, both contain different elements. The reckless driving statute, § 46.2-852, requires that the accused be driving on a highway, whereas the felony eluding statute, § 46.2-817(B), does not necessitate that the accused drive on a particular roadway. Section 46.2-852 provides that a violation may occur if the accused endangers any property of a person. Section 46.2-817(B), however, provides that a violation occurs only where the accused endangers the operation of a law enforcement vehicle, but not the law enforcement vehicle itself. It further requires that the accused receive a visible or audible signal from a police officer to stop his vehicle. Moreover, 46.2-817(B), unlike § 46.2-852, proscribes the driving of the accused only after he has disregarded an officer's signal to stop. Thus, ifelony eluding and reckless driving constitute separate offenses in that different facts are required to prove each.

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• Involuntary manslaughter in the operation of a motor vehicle is an accidental killing which, although unintended, is the proximate result of negligence so gross, wanton, and culpable as to show a reckless disregard of human life. A violation of the statutes defining reckless driving and prescribing motor vehicle traffic regulations is insufficient to constitute manslaughter unless it is so flagrant, culpable, and wanton as to show utter disregard of the safety of others under circumstances likely to cause injury. What distinguishes a speeding violation from the misdemeanor of reckless driving, and the misdemeanor from the felony of involuntary manslaughter, is the likelihood of injury to other users of the highways. And the degree of the hazard posed by a speeding automobile depends upon the circumstances in each case.
• The Supreme Court of Virginia has not limited criminal negligence to cases involving conduct taking place over a specified period of time or distance. To the contrary, the Supreme Court of Virginia has found the existence of criminal negligence when a defendant has engaged in a single negligent act showing a reckless disregard of life. 

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• 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.

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