Within sixty days from the date of conviction of any person in a general district court or juvenile and domestic relations district court for an offense not felonious, the case may be reopened upon the application of such person and for good cause shown. Such application shall be heard by the judge who presided at the trial in which the conviction was had, but if he be not in office, or be absent from the county or city or is otherwise unavailable to hear the application, it may be heard by his successor or by any other judge or substitute judge of such court. If the case is reopened after the case documents have been filed with the circuit court, the clerk of the circuit court shall return the case documents to the district court in which the case was originally tried.
1973, c. 440; 1975, c. 298; 1983, c. 21.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 16.1 - Courts Not of Record
Chapter 7 - Jurisdiction and Procedure in Criminal Matters
§ 16.1-123.1. Criminal and traffic jurisdiction of general district courts
§ 16.1-126. Certain courts of record may try misdemeanors; procedure
§ 16.1-127. Courts may conduct preliminary examinations
§ 16.1-128. Exception when jurisdiction in State Corporation Commission
§ 16.1-129. Offenses tried on warrants, or as provided in Chapter 7 of Title 19.2
§ 16.1-129.2. Procedure when warrant defective
§ 16.1-131. Subpoenas duces tecum and recognizances of witnesses; applicable provisions
§ 16.1-131.1. Procedure when constitutionality of a statute is challenged in a court not of record
§ 16.1-133. Withdrawal of appeal
§ 16.1-133.1. Reopening case after conviction
§ 16.1-134. Appeal by Commonwealth in revenue cases
§ 16.1-135. Bail and recognizance; papers filed with circuit court