Sunday, April 13, 2014
Virginia DUI Lawyers Loudoun Speeding Violation Code 46.2-870
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Evans v. Commonwealth
Facts:
Defendant was convicted in
the Circuit Court of Loudoun (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:
- 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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