PAIGE v. CITY OF LYNCHBURG

Record No. 1345-88-3.

390 S.E.2d 524 (1990)

Hunter Norvell PAIGE, Sr. v. CITY OF LYNCHBURG.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 3, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Sanzone, Lynchburg, for appellant.

William G. Petty, Com.'s Atty., Lynchburg, for appellee.

Present KOONTZ, C.J., and KEENAN and MOON, JJ.


MOON, Judge.

We hold that Code § 19.2-81, which permits police officers, under certain circumstances, to make warrantless misdemeanor arrests at hospitals, does not limit those arrests to misdemeanors committed in the arresting officer's presence. Hunter Norvell Paige, Sr. seeks reversal of his conviction of driving under the influence. He contends that the results of a blood alcohol test taken with his consent after a warrantless arrest should not have been...

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