Reckless Driving Lawyers Prince William Virginia

Lawyer - Virginia 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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Winnie v. Commonwealth

Facts:

After two police officers put a be-on-the-lookout bulletin on the radio for a vehicle that had been driving recklessly, a detective stopped the vehicle a short distance away in Prince William. The detective removed defendant from the vehicle and patted him down for weapons. The detective felt a bulge in defendant's sock that he believed to be some type of weapon. The bulge was a glassine tube containing cocaine. The trial judge found that the officer stopped defendant based on a report of reckless driving and conducted the pat down for safety reasons. The appellate court held that there was no evidence that defendant had placed any officers in jeopardy. The detective did not articulate any facts or circumstances that gave rise to a safety concern. As a result, the trial judge erred in failing to suppress the evidence.

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Holdings:

The Virginia Court made the following holding:

• A police officer cannot frisk a driver incident to a routine traffic stop in the absence of individualized suspicion that the driver is armed and dangerous. The authority to conduct a pat-down search does not follow automatically from the authority to effectuate an investigative stop.

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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.