Year: 2014

DUI: What happens when you get convicted of §18.2-266?

What happens when you get convicted of a DUI?  In Virginia, the DUI statute can be found in §18.2-266,  the text of the statute can be found below.  The first offense is a serious crime, and it only gets worse.   Many factors can increase the severity of the punishment for a DUI.  Some of those can …

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Concealed Weapons and How the Interpretation of § 18.2-308 Has Changed

Virginia’s concealed carry laws are delineated in Virginia Code § 18.2-308.  The statute says it is unlawful to carry a firearm concealed from common observation.  The statute does allow certain exceptions, and the ones relating to vehicles are contained in subsection (B)(10).  The vehicle exceptions exclude the concealed weapon prohibition from “any person who may …

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