Upon certification of any felony offense pursuant to this chapter, the court shall also certify any ancillary misdemeanor offense to the clerk of the circuit court provided that the attorney for the Commonwealth and the accused consent to such certification. Any misdemeanor offense certified pursuant to this section shall proceed in the same manner as a misdemeanor appealed to circuit court pursuant to § 16.1-136.
2015, c. 548.
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