Upon motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth, preliminary hearings for persons alleged to have participated in contemporaneous and related acts or occurrences or in a series of such acts or occurrences constituting an offense or offenses may be heard jointly if jurisdiction over each person and offense lies in the same court, unless the court finds that such joint preliminary hearing would constitute prejudice to a defendant. Upon such a finding, the court shall order that the preliminary hearing for that defendant be held separately.
1993, cc. 462, 489.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 12 - Preliminary Hearing
§ 19.2-183.1. Joint preliminary hearings
§ 19.2-185. Testimony may be reduced to writing and subscribed
§ 19.2-186. When accused to be discharged, tried, committed or bailed by judge
§ 19.2-187. Admission into evidence of certain certificates of analysis
§ 19.2-187.01. Certificate of analysis as evidence of chain of custody of material described therein
§ 19.2-187.1. Procedures for notifying accused of certificate of analysis; waiver; continuances
§ 19.2-187.2. Procedure for subpoena duces tecum of analysis evidence
§ 19.2-188. Reports by Chief Medical Examiner received as evidence
§ 19.2-188.1. Testimony regarding identification of controlled substances
§ 19.2-188.2. Certificate of surgeon as evidence
§ 19.2-188.4. Two-way video testimony related to certain forensic medical examinations
§ 19.2-189. Commitment of accused for further examination
§ 19.2-190. To whom, and when, examination and recognizance to be certified
§ 19.2-190.1. Certification of ancillary misdemeanor offenses