Monday, April 14, 2014
Virginia DUI Lawyers Loudoun Driving Influence Code 18.2-266
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Lawyers Loudoun
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traffic violation in Virginia as interpreted by a lawyer in our firm.
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Helen v. Commonwealth
Facts:
Because defendant had slurred
speech, was driving without headlights or taillights at night, failed to follow
an officer's instructions, failed to perform satisfactorily on two field
sobriety tests, had watery eyes, fumbled with a phone, smelled of alcohol, and
admitted to consuming alcohol, the officer had probable cause to arrest her for
driving under the influence (DUI) in Loudoun under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266; As
such, suppression was not warranted because the officer was justified in
conducting a search incident to arrest; Although conditional guilty pleas were
not allowed for misdemeanors under Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-254, the portion of the
appeal based on such was not properly before the appellate court because
defense counsel invited the error.
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Holdings:
The
Virginia Court made the following holding:
- When reviewing a denial
of a motion to suppress evidence, an appellate court considers the
evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth and will accord
the Commonwealth the benefit of all reasonable inferences fairly deducible
from that evidence. In addition, the defendant has the burden of showing
that, even when the evidence is reviewed in that light, denying the motion
to suppress was reversible error. The appellate court reviews de novo the
trial court's application of the law to the particular facts of the case.
The trial court's findings of fact are not disturbed unless plainly wrong.
Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-680.
- Probable cause to arrest
exists when the facts and circumstances within the officer's knowledge,
and of which he has reasonably trustworthy information, alone are
sufficient to warrant a person of reasonable caution to believe that an
offense has been or is being committed.
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