Freddie Beckham, III v. Commonwealth of Virginia

OPINION BY

CHIEF JUDGE GLEN A. HUFF

Freddie Beckham, III (“appellant”) was convicted in the Circuit Court of Spotsylvania County (“trial court”) of driving under the influence (“DUI”) and refusal to submit to a breathalyzer, in violation of Code §§ 18.2-266 and 18.2-268.3 respectively. The trial court entered the DUI conviction after accepting a conditional plea agreement, and it entered the refusal conviction following a bench trial. Because the trial court admitted evidence of two Florida DUI convictions within the previous ten years, both Virginia charges were enhanced: the DUI became a…