Reckless driving defense Attorney in Prince William County, Virginia

What defenses might be available to a charge of reckless driving, even if a crime was committed?

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so reckless driving generally is the
willful and wanting disregard for Life
limit property of another while driving
on a highway of the calth that is the
specific definition um there are
additional statutes that are also
considered reckless driving reckless by
speed there are racing Reckless drivings
there are other versions of this but
when you’re looking at each of those
different statutes they have to prove
each and every element of the statute so
one of the defenses perhaps to reckless
driving generally is that it didn’t
occur on the highway it was in a private
shopping plaza now there is a different
statute that punishes reckless driving
in a parking lot so they could charge it
that way but it depends on how they
charge it what defenses you have even if
you can’t win on the merits of the case
that doesn’t mean that you can’t
mitigate the circumstances so for
example people with clean driving
records um people who will go to traffic
school maybe even some community service
or other techniques that we employ for
mitigating these types of cases um can
lead to a dismissal even if on the
meance you might be found guilty so
there are definite ways to
defend all types of reckless driving
cases no matter what’s char charged

Manassas, VA criminal defense attorney Nicole Naum talks about the defenses that might be available to a charge of reckless driving, even if a crime was committed.

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