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§ 19.2-239. Jurisdiction in criminal cases - The circuit courts, except where otherwise provided, shall have exclusive...
§ 19.2-240. Clerks shall make out criminal docket; transportation orders - Before every term of any court in which criminal cases...
§ 19.2-241. Time within which court to set criminal cases for trial - The judge of each circuit court shall fix a day...
§ 19.2-242. Accused discharged from jail if not indicted in time - A person in jail on a criminal charge that has...
§ 19.2-243. Limitation on prosecution of felony due to lapse of time after finding of probable cause; misdemeanors; exceptions - Where a district court has found that there is probable...
§ 19.2-244. Venue in general - A. Except as otherwise provided by law, the prosecution of...
§ 19.2-245. Offenses committed without and made punishable within Commonwealth; embezzlement or larceny committed within Commonwealth; where prosecuted - Prosecution for offenses committed wholly or in part without and...
§ 19.2-245.01. Offenses involving reports or statements concerning cigarette sales or stamping - Any criminal violation of Chapter 42 (§ 3.2-4200 et seq.)...
§ 19.2-245.1. Forgery; where prosecuted - If any person commits forgery, that forgery may be prosecuted...
§ 19.2-245.2. Tax offenses; where prosecuted - If an offense involving tax, as defined in Title 58.1,...
§ 19.2-246. Injury inflicted by person within Commonwealth upon one outside Commonwealth - If a mortal wound or other violence or injury be...
§ 19.2-247. Venue in certain homicide cases - Where evidence exists that a homicide has been committed either...
§ 19.2-248. Venue when mortal wound, etc., inflicted in one county and death ensues in another - If a mortal wound, or other violence or injury, be...
§ 19.2-249. Offenses committed on boundary of two counties, two cities, or county and city, etc.; where prosecuted - An offense committed on the boundary of two counties, or...
§ 19.2-249.1. Offenses committed within towns situated in two or more counties; where prosecuted - An offense or traffic infraction committed within a town situated...
§ 19.2-249.2. Venue for prosecution of computer and other crimes - For the purpose of venue, any violation of the Virginia...
§ 19.2-250. How far jurisdiction of corporate authorities extends - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article and except...
§ 19.2-251. When and how venue may be changed - A circuit court may, on motion of the accused or...
§ 19.2-252. Court ordering change of venue may admit accused to bail and recognize witnesses; remand of accused not admitted to bail - When the venue is so changed, the court making the...
§ 19.2-253. Procedure upon and after change of venue - The clerk of the court which orders a change of...
§ 19.2-254. Arraignment; pleas; when court may refuse to accept plea; rejection of plea agreement; recusal - Arraignment shall be conducted in open court. It shall consist...
§ 19.2-254.1. Procedure in traffic infraction cases - In a traffic infraction case, as defined in § 46.2-100,...
§ 19.2-254.2. Procedure in nontraffic offenses for which prepayment is authorized - In any prepayable nontraffic offense case as defined in §...
§ 19.2-255. Defendant allowed to plead several matters of law or fact - The defendant in any criminal prosecution may plead as many...
§ 19.2-256. Approvers - Approvers shall not be admitted in any case. Code 1950,...
§ 19.2-257. Trial without jury in felony cases - Upon a plea of guilty in a felony case, tendered...
§ 19.2-258. Trial of misdemeanors by court without jury; failure to appear deemed waiver of jury - In all cases of a misdemeanor upon a plea of...
§ 19.2-258.1. Trial of traffic infractions; measure of proof; failure to appear - For any traffic infraction cases tried in a district court,...
§ 19.2-259. On trial for felony, accused to be present; when court may enter plea for him, and trial go on - A person tried for felony shall be personally present during...
§ 19.2-260. Provisions of Title 8.01 apply except as provided in this article - Except as otherwise provided in this article, trial by jury...
§ 19.2-261. Charging grand jury in presence of person selected as juror - The court shall not charge the grand jury in the...
§ 19.2-262. Waiver of jury trial; numbers of jurors in criminal cases; how jurors selected from panel - A. In any criminal case in which trial by jury...
§ 19.2-262.1. Joinder of defendants - On motion of the Commonwealth, for good cause shown, the...
§ 19.2-262.01. Voir dire examination of persons called as jurors - In any criminal case, the court and counsel for either...
§ 19.2-263. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1993, cc. 462 and 489.
§ 19.2-263.1. Contact between judge and juror prohibited - No judge shall communicate in any way with a juror...
§ 19.2-263.2. Jury instructions - A proposed jury instruction submitted by a party, which constitutes...
§ 19.2-263.3. Juror information confidential - A. The court may, upon motion of either party or...
§ 19.2-264. When jury need not be kept together in felony case; sufficient compliance with requirement that jury be kept together - In any case of a felony the jury shall not...
§ 19.2-264.1. Views by juries - The jury in any criminal case may, at the request...
§ 19.2-264.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344 and...
§ 19.2-264.6. through 19.2-264.14 - Not effective pursuant to Acts 2020, c. 1167, cl. 3....
§ 19.2-265. Opening statement of counsel - On the trial of any case of felony or misdemeanor...
§ 19.2-265.01. Victims, certain members of the family and support persons not to be excluded - During the trial of every criminal case and in all...
§ 19.2-265.1. Exclusion of witnesses (Subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:615 derived in part from this section and subsection (c) of Supreme Court Rule 2:615 derived from this section) - In the trial of every criminal case, the court, whether...
§ 19.2-265.2. Judicial notice of laws (Supreme Court Rule 2:202 derived in part from this section) - A. Whenever, in any criminal case it becomes necessary to...
§ 19.2-265.3. Nolle prosequi; discretion of court upon good cause shown - Nolle prosequi shall be entered only in the discretion of...
§ 19.2-265.4. Failure to provide discovery - A. In any criminal prosecution for a felony in a...
§ 19.2-265.5. Prosecuting misdemeanor cases without attorney - Notwithstanding any of the provisions of § 19.2-265.1, whenever in...
§ 19.2-265.6. Dismissal of criminal charges on Commonwealth's motion; effect of dismissal of criminal charges - A. Upon motion of the Commonwealth to dismiss a charge,...
§ 19.2-266. Exclusion of persons from trial; photographs and broadcasting permitted under designated guidelines; exceptions - In the trial of all criminal cases, whether the same...
§ 19.2-266.1. Conviction of lesser offense on indictment for homicide - In any trial upon an indictment charging homicide, the jury...
§ 19.2-266.2. Defense objections to be raised before trial; hearing; bill of particulars - A. Defense motions or objections seeking (i) suppression of evidence...
§ 19.2-266.3. Continuances; appearances of parties - When the court grants a continuance in advance of the...
§ 19.2-266.4. Expert assistance for indigent defendants - A. In any case in which a defendant is (i)...