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THOMAS v. COM.

Record No. 971730.

501 S.E.2d 391 (1998)

Nehemiah THOMAS, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 5, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret A. Nelson, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Kathleen B. Martin, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

COMPTON, Justice.

This appeal focuses upon the General Assembly's use of the words "conviction" and "offense" in the statutes dealing with the operation of motor vehicles by habitual offenders.

Code § 46.2-351 defines an habitual offender as any person who has accumulated the required number of multiple convictions for separate offenses relating to operation of motor vehicles. Code § 46.2-355 authorizes revocation of an habitual offender's driving...

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