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Reckless Driving In Virginia Lawyers Richmond Code 46.2-869
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Reckless Driving
As per Va. Code §
46.2-852, the general rule for reckless driving is defined as, irrespective of
the maximum speeds permitted by law, any person who drives a vehicle on any
highway recklessly or at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger the life,
limb, or property of any person shall be guilty of reckless driving.
Below is a sample
case of reckless driving in Virginia as interpreted by a lawyer in our firm.
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Warner v.
Commonwealth
Facts:
Defendant argued
that the Richmond court erred in denying her proposed jury instruction that
improper driving, an offense set forth in Va. Code Ann. § 46.2-869, was a
lesser-included offense of reckless driving by speed. The appellate court
disagreed. Improper driving was not a lesser-included offense of reckless
driving by speed. Every commission of reckless driving by speed did not also
constitute improper driving. In addition, improper driving was not composed
entirely of the elements of reckless driving by speed. Improper driving
required an additional finding of slight culpability, an element excluded from
§ 46.2-862. The plain and unambiguous reading of § 46.2-869 made clear that
authority rested with the trial judge and not the jury to make the lesser
degree of culpability determination. In the alternative, an attorney for the
Commonwealth may have reduced a reckless driving charge to improper driving at
any time before the court's decision. Thus, only the trial judge, or the
prosecutor before the verdict was rendered, had the prerogative to reduce a
reckless driving charge to improper driving under § 46.2-869.
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Holdings:
The Virginia
Court made the following holding:
- The plain and
unambiguous reading of the improper driving statute, Va. Code Ann. §
46.2-862, makes clear that authority rests with the trial judge and not the
jury to make the lesser degree of culpability determination. In the
alternative, an attorney for the Commonwealth may reduce a reckless
driving charge to improper driving at any time prior to the court's
decision. Thus, only the trial judge, or the prosecutor before the verdict
is rendered, has the prerogative to reduce a reckless driving charge to improper
driving under § 46.2-869.
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