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JOHNSON v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 1478-17-2.

824 S.E.2d 14 (2019)

70 Va.App. 45

Kathryn JOHNSON, s/k/a Kathryn Eileen Johnson v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

March 5, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Thorsen (ThorsenAllen, LLP, on brief), Richmond, for appellant.

Eugene Murphy , Senior Assistant Attorney General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: Judges Beales, Russell and AtLee.

Kathryn Johnson was found guilty of eluding police in violation of Code § 46.2-817. That statute provides that it shall be an affirmative defense if the defendant shows she reasonably believed she was being pursued by a person other than a law-enforcement officer. On appeal, Johnson asserts that, pursuant...

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