Legal Opinion
Tooke v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided March 28, 2006No. 2335042PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN III, Judge.
Bo Jason Tooke was convicted in a bench trial of two counts of failure to stop at the scene of an accident in violation of Code § 46.2-894. The convictions arose from a motor vehicle accident in which Tooke forced an oncoming vehicle to go off the road and crash without any collision or impact between the two vehicles.
On appeal, Tooke contends the evidence was (1) insufficient to support two separate counts of failing to stop at an accident scene when there had been a single accident but two people injured and (2) insufficient to prove he knew an accident had occurred.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Higginbotham v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1975
- Redman v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1997
- Stamper v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1979
- Coleman v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
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3Cited by21 opinions
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