Legal Opinion
Banks v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 24, 1976No. Record 760276PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCompton, J.
In this criminal appeal, an habitual offender, asserting the protection of the Self-Incrimination Clauses of the State and Federal Constitutions, * attacks the applied constitutionality of Virginia’s “hit and run” statute, Code § 46.1-176.
The record shows that in October of 1973 in Smyth County, defendant William Banks was declared an habitual offender. He was ordered not to operate a motor vehicle on the highways of this State and to surrender to the court for disposal all licenses permitting such operation. Code § 46.1-387.6. While that order was in force, defendant allegedly drove a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Grosso v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Haynes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- California v. ByersSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- People v. SamuelNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
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3Cited by16 opinions
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