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Driving School for Reckless Driving Accident - Case Dismissed
Posted on Oct 22, 2009
A 30 year old Richmond man facing a reckless driving charge and expecting a DUI charge to follow, escaped serious punishment with the opportunity to have the reckless driving charge dismissed. Both are Class 1 misdemeanors in Virginia, punishable by license supension, jail time and hefty fines.
The man was injured after taking a prescription medication that unexpectedly caused him to be rendered unconscious shortly afterward. He awoke in a hospital emergency room with non-life threatening injuries and charged with reckless driving. The officer told him he had struck a parked car and then a tree when they arrived. He had no recollection of it. He also was told that his blood was drawn to be tested for alcohol impairment.
Because no one else was injured and the parked car damages were promptly paid, we proposed that in exchange for a guilty plea to the charge of reckless driving, that the case be dismissed if the defendant completed an special defensive driving school. The Commonwealth's Attorney concurred, and the judge approved the plea agreement.
The DUI charge was not brought, for unknown reasons.
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