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Legal Opinion · Dissent

Mejia v. Commonwealth

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided September 10, 1996No. 1366954Published

1DissentBenton, Judge

In pertinent part, Code § 18.2-266.1(A) provides as follows:

It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of twenty-one to operate any motor vehicle after illegally consuming alcohol. Any such person with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.02 percent or more by weight by volume or 0.02 grams or more per 210 liters of breath but less than 0.08 by weight by volume or less than 0.08 grams per 210 liters of breath as indicated by a chemical test administered as provided in this article shall be in violation of this section.

The Commonwealth proved that Jacinto Mejia, who was under the age of…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Brown v. LukhardSupreme Court of Virginia · 1985
  4. Turner v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
  5. King v. Empire Collieries Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1927

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