Legal Opinion

Rich v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided December 15, 2016No. Record 151841PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

I. BACKGROUND

On August 6, 2011, at approximately 2:20 a.m., in clear weather, Daja Young was driving on Virginia Beach Boulevard.

**795 There were two westbound lanes and two eastbound lanes. Young was traveling westbound in the right hand lane between 15 and 20 miles per hour in a 35 mile-per-hour zone, when she saw something moving off the right side curb. She was driving "very cautiously" and "slow" because she was driving an unfamiliar vehicle. She realized that what she saw coming off the curb, entering her side of the street, was a man (later identified as John Costello) on a motorized…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. HudsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 2003
  2. Vasquez v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2016
  3. Cable v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1992
  4. Viney v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2005
  5. Britt v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2008

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  4. Catherine Tyler v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2022
  5. Commonwealth v. CadySupreme Court of Virginia · 2021

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