Although the victim of an accident was highly intoxicated and operating his medical scooter in an erratic manner on a Virginia Beach street, there was sufficient evidence to conclude that defendant, who struck him with her vehicle, was the proximate ...

Tagged with: Judge Randolph A. Beales Traffic Offenses Virginia Court of Appeals

Although defendant insisted he was not driving the SUV when rescue squad staff found him alone upside down in the overturned vehicle with one leg wrapped around the steering wheel, the trial court was entitled to reject his credibility and ...

Tagged with: Judge Glen A. Huff Traffic Offenses Virginia Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals say police had a reasonable suspicion that the cluster of objects hanging from the rearview mirror of defendant’s vehicle could impair his view of the highway in violation of Va. Code § 46.2-1054, and the appeals ...

Tagged with: Judge William G. Petty Traffic Offenses Virginia Court of Appeals

The Virginia Court of Appeals has handed down yet another decision on the commonwealth’s “dangling objects” statute. And yet another defendant is going to prison. The intermediate court declined an opportunity to review the constitutionality of the statute, Virginia Code ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge William G. Petty Traffic Offenses Virginia Court of Appeals News

Private ingenuity has opened doors to Virginia trial court records where government, so far, has feared to tread. Two online search engines now allow for name searches of most Virginia circuit court records and traffic and criminal records in general ...

Tagged with: Criminal General District Court Technology Traffic Offenses

Although defendant was not observed behind the wheel of the damaged vehicle that appeared in a private driveway, the evidence of his admission to having “hit something” and having had five glasses of wine that night, and his apparent attempt ...

Tagged with: Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Traffic Offenses Virginia Court of Appeals

Walk through the parking lot of any shopping center and you will see them. Walk up to the counter of any convenience store and you will see them. Little pine-tree air fresheners. They are designed to hang from the rear-view ...

Tagged with: General District Court Judge Randall D. Smith Judge Robert J. Humphreys Traffic Offenses Virginia Court of Appeals News

Admission of a 2006 circuit court order convicting defendant of DWI, second offense, that was digitally signed by the deputy clerk was harmless error, if it was error at all, and the Court of Appeals upholds defendant’s conviction of DWI, ...

Tagged with: Justice Teresa M. Chafin Traffic Offenses Virginia Court of Appeals

A defendant found apparently asleep in the driver’s seat of a Nissan Murano, which was parked in a handicapped space in a restaurant parking lot, with its engine off but lights illuminating the radio panel, was in “actual physical control” ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Smith Traffic Offenses Virginia Circuit Courts

Although the trial court found defendant tractor-trailer driver to be a credible witness and acquitted him of felony hit and run in an accident involving another vehicle, the Court of Appeals affirms defendant’s conviction of reckless driving. Witnesses stated defendant’s ...

Tagged with: Judge Jean Harrison Clements Traffic Offenses Virginia Court of Appeals