Davis v. Commonwealth

Opinion

WILLIS, J.

On appeal from his jury trial convictions of operating a motor vehicle on a public highway while his operator’s license was suspcended or revoked (Code § 46.2-301) and leaving an unattended motor vehicle on a roadway so as to constitute a hazard (Code § 46.2-1209), Kevin Lydell Davis (the appellant) contends that the trial court erred (1) in denying his motion to dismiss the charges on the ground that he had been unlawfully arrested, (2) in failing to require the Commonwealth to prove the corpus delicti of the offense of driving while suspended and in refusing to instruct the…