Reckless Driving Virginia Jail

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Green v. Commonwealth

Facts:

Defendant was convicted in a bench trial of misdemeanor reckless driving, in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-852, and felony leaving the scene of an accident, in violation of Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-894. The Circuit Court of Fairfax County (Virginia) sentenced defendant to two years in jail, all suspended, for the leaving the scene of an accident conviction and six months in jail for the reckless driving conviction. Defendant appealed…

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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 a violation of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-266 or any similar ordinances of any county, city, or town and reckless driving growing out of the same act or acts and is convicted of one of these charges, the trial court shall dismiss the remaining charge. Thus, although DUI and reckless driving are "separate and distinct" violations, a conviction of one offense precludes conviction of the other, whenever both grow from the same continuous, uninterrupted course of operation of a motor vehicle. It is the commonality of the underlying offending conduct, the continuous, uninterrupted operation of a motor vehicle, that invokes the preclusive effect of the statute.

Reckless Driving Virginia Jail

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