Reckless Driving In VA

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Larry v. Commonwealth

Facts:

A jury in the Circuit Court of Fairfax (VA) convicted defendant of reckless driving by speed, in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-862. Defendant appealed.

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Holdings:

The Virginia Court made the following holding:

·         When reviewing a trial court's refusal of a proposed lesser-included offense jury instruction, an appellate court must first decide whether the proffered instruction presents a lesser-included offense. The elements of the greater offense as charged must be examined in relation to the purported lesser offense, and where every commission of the greater offense is also a commission of the lesser offense, a lesser offense may be deemed to exist. A lesser-included offense is an offense which is composed entirely of elements that are also elements of the greater offense.

·         Improper driving, Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-869, is not a lesser-included offense of reckless driving by speed, Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-862. Every commission of reckless driving by speed does not also constitute a commission of improper driving. In addition, improper driving is not composed entirely of the elements of reckless driving by speed. Improper driving requires an additional finding of slight culpability, an element excluded from the reckless driving by speed statute. 

Reckless Driving In VA

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