Code of Virginia
Chapter 16 - Evidence and Witnesses
§ 19.2-271.1. Competency of spouses to testify

Persons married to each other shall be competent witnesses to testify for or against each other in criminal cases, except as otherwise provided.
Code 1950, § 8-287; 1977, c. 624; 2020, c. 900.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure

Chapter 16 - Evidence and Witnesses

§ 19.2-267. Provisions applicable to witnesses in criminal as well as civil cases; obligation to attend; summons

§ 19.2-267.1. Authority of law-enforcement officer to issue summons to witness; failure to appear

§ 19.2-267.2. Response to subpoena for information stored in electronic format

§ 19.2-268. Right of accused to testify

§ 19.2-268.1. Contradiction by prior inconsistent writing (Subdivision (b)(i) of Supreme Court Rule 2:613 derived in part from this section)

§ 19.2-268.2. Recent complaint hearsay exception (Subdivision (23) of Supreme Court Rule 2:803 derived from this section)

§ 19.2-268.3. Admissibility of statements by children in certain cases

§ 19.2-269. Convicts as witnesses (Supreme Court Rule 2:609 derived from this section)

§ 19.2-269.1. Inmates as witnesses in criminal cases

§ 19.2-269.2. Nondisclosure of addresses or telephone numbers of crime victims and witnesses

§ 19.2-270. When statement by accused as witness not received as evidence

§ 19.2-270.1. Use of photographs as evidence in certain larceny and burglary prosecutions

§ 19.2-270.1:1. Computer and electronic data in obscenity, etc. cases; access to defendant

§ 19.2-270.2. Disposition of money, securities or documents seized upon arrest, etc., and pertinent as evidence

§ 19.2-270.3. Admissible evidence as to identity of party presenting bad check, draft or order

§ 19.2-270.4. When donation, destruction, or return of exhibits received in evidence authorized

§ 19.2-270.4:1. Storage, preservation and retention of human biological evidence in felony cases

§ 19.2-270.5. DNA profile admissible in criminal proceeding

§ 19.2-270.6. Evidence of abuse admissible in certain criminal trials (Supreme Court Rule 2:409 derived from this section)

§ 19.2-270.7. Determining decibel level of sound with proper equipment; certificate as to accuracy of equipment

§ 19.2-271. Certain judicial officers incompetent to testify under certain circumstances; exceptions (Supreme Court Rule 2:605 derived from this section)

§ 19.2-271.1. Competency of spouses to testify

§ 19.2-271.2. Testimony of spouses in criminal cases (Subsection (b) of Supreme Court Rule 2:504 derived from this section)

§ 19.2-271.3. Communications between ministers of religion and persons they counsel or advise (Supreme Court Rule 2:503 derived in part from this section)

§ 19.2-271.4. Privileged communications by certain public safety personnel

§ 19.2-271.5. Protected information; newspersons engaged in journalism

§ 19.2-271.6. Evidence of defendant's mental condition admissible; notice to Commonwealth

§ 19.2-272. Definitions

§ 19.2-273. Certificate that witness is needed in another state; hearing

§ 19.2-274. When court to order witness to attend

§ 19.2-275. Arrest of witness

§ 19.2-276. Penalty for failure to attend and testify

§ 19.2-277. Summoning witnesses in another state to testify in this Commonwealth

§ 19.2-278. Reimbursement for daily mileage to such witnesses; issuance of warrant necessary to make tender

§ 19.2-279. Penalty for failure of such witnesses to testify

§ 19.2-280. Exemption of such witnesses from arrest or service of process

§ 19.2-281. Construction of article

§ 19.2-282. How article cited