Coffey v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court 1
202 Va. 185 (1960)
GARNETT ODELL DUDLEY COFFEY
v.
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
Record No. 5180.
Supreme Court of Virginia.
October 10, 1960.
Paul A. Holstein, for the plaintiff in error.
Present, All the Justices.
Defendant was convicted of a second offense of driving while intoxicated. The evidence showed that his truck was struck and forced off the road by an unidentified vehicle and that defendant was injured, though not seriously. His son testified that he opened one of two sealed bottles of whiskey in the truck and gave his father a drink. Both the officer who arrived at the scene an hour after the…
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- LaPrade v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1950
- Burton & Conquest v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1908
- Sutherland v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1938
- Smith v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1951
- Bland v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
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