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Federal Court Upholds Antiquated Virginia Law Allowing Jail Time for Being Near Alcohol

by Dale Chappell

 An antiquated Virginia law that allows courts to label someone a “habitual drunkard,” permitting police to throw someone in jail for simply being near alcohol, was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit as constitutional, though not without criticism from the court, saying ...

 

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