Legal Opinion
Sos v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided July 14, 1992No. Record No. 0515-91-4PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DUFF, J.
Timothy Wayne Sos challenges a final judgment of the trial court in which he was declared an habitual offender as defined in Code § 46.2-351. The proceedings were not recorded, but a written statement of facts pursuant to Rule 5A: 8 was duly prepared and filed.
The statement of facts shows that Sos argued at trial that one of the three predicate offenses, a conviction for driving on a revoked license in Fairfax County on October 4, 1991, was based upon an invalid county ordinance. Sos argued that the ordinance was not “uniform with the general law” of the Commonwealth, as…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Carter v. Carter Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Willis v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1990
- King v. County of ArlingtonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1954
- Strawberry Hill Land Corp. v. StarbuckSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
- Hannabass v. Maryland Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1938
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. RiveraCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1994
- Fraser v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1993
- Commonwealth v. FlandersFairfax County Circuit Court · 1993
- Commonwealth v. HyattVirginia Beach County Circuit Court · 1995
- Commonwealth v. KennyFairfax County Circuit Court · 1998
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