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Bacon v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided February 29, 1980No. Record 790567PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Per curiam

Charles W. Bacon, Jr., waived trial by jury on a warrant charging that he did “unlawfully operate a motor vehicle on the highway in a reckless manner thereby causing an accident.” He was found guilty of improper driving. Code § 46.1-192.2. His appeal questions the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction.

On May 25, 1978, about 10 p.m., Virginia State Trooper J. K. Cobb investigated a one-vehicle accident. An automobile owned and operated by Charles W. Bacon, Jr., was damaged extensively. Bacon sustained an ankle injury and multiple face lacerations which required his immediate…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Powers v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1970
  2. Hill v. LeeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1969
  3. Arnold v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1975

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Kennedy v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1986
  2. Steven Joseph Blevins v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2014
  3. Hale v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1996
  4. Phillips v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1997
  5. Hale v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1996

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