A privately retained counsel in any criminal case may, pursuant to the terms of a written agreement between the attorney and the client, withdraw from representation of a client without leave of court after certification of a charge by a district court by providing written notice of the withdrawal to the client, the attorney for the Commonwealth, and the circuit court within 10 days of the certification of the charge.
2017, c. 774.
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