Virginia Fairfax Reckless Driving Lawyer Traffic Charges

Carl v. Commonwealth

Facts:

Defendant was charged with, inter alia, felony driving under the influence (DUI) and misdemeanor reckless driving that arose from the same incident. Defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the DUI charge and “guilty” to the reckless driving charge. The Commonwealth asked the trial court not to accept the guilty plea to the reckless driving charge and to set both charges for trial. Thereafter, the Commonwealth successfully moved to nolle prosequi the reckless driving charge. The appellate court held that defendant had not been convicted of reckless driving.

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Virginia Fairfax Reckless Driving Lawyer Traffic Charges

Holdings:

The Virginia Court made the following holding:

• At the time a motion for nolle prosequi is granted, an appellant is not an aggrieved party petitioning from a final conviction in a circuit court of a traffic infraction or a crime and, thus, has no right to petition the Court of Appeals of Virginia for a review of the trial court’s action at that time. Va. Code Ann. § 17.1-406.
• Va. Code Ann. § 17.1-406(A)(i) grants the Court of Appeals of Virginia appellate jurisdiction over any final conviction in a circuit court of a traffic infraction or a crime, except where a sentence of death has been imposed.
• A trial court’s ruling in an interlocutory order is but an antecedent incident to a trial of the indictments against a defendant, and is in no sense the pronouncement of a final judgment.

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These summaries are provided by the SRIS Law Group. They represent the firm’s unofficial views of the Justices’ opinions. The original opinions should be consulted for their authoritative content.