Robinson v. Commonwealth
No. 061911 · Supreme Court of Virginia. Each entry below is the court's own record, with its date and a link. This page does not say which side is ahead or what an entry means.
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· Supreme Court of Virginia
ReversedDismissed
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061911 Robinson v. Commonwealth 06/08/2007 Applying the rule of strict construction of penal laws, the driver of a vehicle is "involved" in an accident triggering an obligation to remain at the scene and provide information under Code § 46.2-894 only if there is physical contact between the driver's vehicle and another vehicle, person, or object, or if the defendant driver was a proximate cause of an accident. Since the present defendant's vehicle had no physical contact with that of the accident victim, and defendant was not a cause of the accident, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed and the conviction for violation of Code § 46.2-894 is dismissed.
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