Driving Influence Franklin Virginia Lawyer Habitual Offender
Driving Influence Franklin Virginia Lawyer Habitual Offender
Willard v. Commonwealth
Fact:
The trial court’s finding that defendant was a habitual offender was based on a certified abstract from the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles showing that defendant had one Virginia conviction and two West Virginia convictions for driving while intoxicated. The out-of-state convictions stemmed from a state statute and a municipality’s ordinance. Defendant argued that the ordinance did not conform to the Virginia statutes regarding driving while under the influence of alcohol because the ordinance was substantially broader. The trial court ruled that the ordinance was substantially similar to Va. Code Ann. §§ 18.2-266 and 18.2-269.
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Issue:
- Whether the trial court erred in finding that an out-of-state conviction substantially conformed to the provisions of Code § 18.2-266?
Discussion:
In this case, the record of appellant’s convictions in West Virginia indicates only that he was convicted under a state statute and a city ordinance. This description permits the court to conclude only that the appellant committed the offense while operating a motor vehicle. It does not identify the specific provision of the ordinance he violated. Consequently, the court must examine the entire statutory prohibition to see if it permits convictions not permitted under Code § 18.2-266. The Lewisburg city ordinance includes several prohibitions against conduct which would not be violations of Code § 18.2-266; therefore, the court is unable to say that the conduct upon which the appellant’s convictions were based was that which is not included within the prohibitions of Code § 18.2-266. Thus, for the purposes of determining whether the appellant is a habitual offender, the applicable provisions of the Lewisburg city ordinance are not in this case substantially conforming. The trial court erred in concluding that the ordinance was substantially conforming and in finding the appellant a habitual offender. The judgment declaring the appellant a habitual offender is reversed and the information filed is dismissed.
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Suspended License Virginia Registration Certificates Orders Lawyers Mecklenburg County
Suspended License Virginia Registration Certificates Orders Lawyers Mecklenburg County
Valter v. Commonwealth
Facts:
Appellant Commissioner of the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles sought review of the order of the Circuit Court for the County of Mecklenburg (Virginia) vacating the Commissioner’s order, suspending appellee motorist’s operator’s license and registration certificates and plates under Va. Code Ann. §§ 46-420, 46-423 (1950). The trial court entered the order on remand after the court reversed its prior order affirming the suspension. Proceedings were instituted to suspend the motorist’s operator’s license under Va. Code Ann. § 46-420 (1950) and to suspend his registrations under Va. Code Ann. § 46-423 (1950). The commissioner ordered the motorist’s license and registrations suspended after a hearing. On judicial review, the trial court affirmed the suspensions, but the court reversed the judgment and remanded the case to allow the trial court to hear additional evidence. After a hearing on remand, the trial court reversed the commissioner’s orders. On a second appeal, the court affirmed the trial court’s order as to the suspension of the motorist’s registrations under Va. Code Ann. § 46-423.
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Issue:
- Whether in the absence of such revocation, the motorist whose operator’s license is being suspended will nevertheless continue to operate his motor vehicle or vehicles without such license in violation of the law?
Discussion:
The court ruled that the motorist’s prior traffic convictions and his failure to renew his license for several months were insufficient to show that he would continue to drive without a license. Thus, the court ruled that the suspension of the registrations was not necessary for public safety. However, the court reversed the order as to the suspension of the motorist’s operator’s license under Va. Code Ann. § 46-420 (1950), ruling that his flagrant traffic violations warranted the suspension of his license for one year. The court affirmed the trial court’s order reversing the suspension of the motorist’s registrations by the commissioner. However, the court reversed the trial court’s order reversing the commissioner’s suspension of the motorist’s operator’s license. The court also ordered that the commissioner recover her costs on appeal.
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Suspended License Virginia Traffic Violation Unlawful Driving Lawyers Louisa County
JOHN V COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
Facts:
Defendant “involved in a traffic violation” in Louisa County and issued him a summons for reckless driving. At the time, defendant had a valid operator’s license in his possession. The trooper later determined that defendant’s privileges to operate a motor vehicle had been suspended by an order of the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) issued on October 19, 1977. The trooper then obtained a warrant charging defendant with unlawfully operating “a motor vehicle on [a] public highway after his privilege to drive had been suspended.” Defendant sought review of the judgment of the Circuit Court of Louisa County (Virginia), which convicted defendant of perjury in contravention of Va. Code § 18.2-434 in connection with his testimony at trial on a charge of driving a motor vehicle on a public highway after his privilege to drive had been suspended. Defendant testified at that trial that he had not received notice that his driving license had been suspended. Defendant was given a traffic citation for reckless driving, and had a valid driver’s license in his possession. The state trooper later determined that defendant’s license had been suspended at the time of the citation. The trooper obtained a warrant charging defendant with driving with a suspended license.
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Issues:
- Whether the language of the order accomplishes a suspension of defendant’s driver’s license?
Discussion:
At trial, defendant testified that he had not received notice that his license had been suspended, and the charge was dismissed. Defendant was later indicted for perjury, and the evidence adduced at trial showed that a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) employee had personally advised defendant that his license had been suspended, and the evidence further showed that a copy of the suspension order had been mailed to and received by defendant. Defendant was convicted and sought review. The court affirmed. Defendant argued that his statement was not false because the notice letter was so vague that it did not advise him that his license was suspended. The court found that the letter was a DMV form letter in which inapplicable terms had not been crossed out, but held that when viewed in its entirety, the letter was sufficient to notify defendant that his license was suspended. The court affirmed defendant’s conviction for perjury over his objection that he did not falsely state that he did not know his driver’s license was suspended because the DMV notice letter was so vague that it did not advise him of the suspension.
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