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DOES SUDDEN EMERGENCY STILL EXIST IN VIRGINIA? DID THE VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT DEAL A BODY BLOW OR LET THE GUILLOTINE FALL?

A Circuit Court Judge in Virginia recently commented to me and other counsel that the defense of sudden emergency is “dead” in Virginia. I think the Judge was being somewhat facetious in order to underscore the significance of a recent Virginia Supreme Court decision, but the question remains — does…

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