Davis v. Commonwealth

In this appeal, we are called upon to construe the Virginia Habitual Offender Act (Code §§ 46.1-387.1, et seq.) when its application is based solely upon convictions obtained in other states.

Pursuant to the provisions of Code § 46.1-387.3 1 the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles certified transcripts or abstracts of the following convictions of Jimmy Davis: March 26, 1975, District Court of Jackson, North Carolina, “DR WHILE INTOX”; August 27, 1975, District Court of Jackson, North Carolina, “DR WHILE INTOX”; and February 23, 1976, State of South Carolina, “Driving Under the Inf.…