Thomas v. Commonwealth

This appeal focuses upon the General Assembly’s use of the words “conviction” and “offense” in the statutes dealing with the operation of motor vehicles by habitual offenders.

Code § 46.2-351 defines an habitual offender as any person who has accumulated the required number of multiple convictions for separate offenses relating to operation of motor vehicles. Code § 46.2-355 authorizes revocation of an habitual offender’s driving privileges.

Code § 46.2-357(A) provides, “It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any motor vehicle ... on the highways of the Commonwealth while the revocation…