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§ 19.2-295. Ascertainment of punishment - A. Within the limits prescribed by law, the court shall...
§ 19.2-295.1. Sentencing proceeding by the jury after conviction - In cases of trial by jury, upon a finding that...
§ 19.2-295.2. Postrelease supervision of felons sentenced for offenses committed on and after January 1, 1995, and on and after July 1, 2000 - A. At the time the court imposes sentence upon a...
§ 19.2-295.2:1. Postrelease incarceration of felons sentenced for certain offenses committed on or after July 1, 2006 - A. For offenses committed on or after July 1, 2006:...
§ 19.2-295.3. Admission of victim impact testimony - Whether by trial or upon a plea of guilty, upon...
§ 19.2-296. Withdrawal of plea of guilty - A motion to withdraw a plea of guilty or nolo...
§ 19.2-297. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1994, c. 706.
§ 19.2-297.1. Sentence of person twice previously convicted of certain violent felonies - A. Any person convicted of two or more separate acts...
§ 19.2-298. Pronouncement of sentence - After a finding of guilty, sentence shall be pronounced, or...
§ 19.2-298.01. Use of discretionary sentencing guidelines - A. In all felony cases, other than Class 1 felonies,...
§ 19.2-298.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 584.
§ 19.2-298.02. Deferred disposition in a criminal case - A. A trial court presiding in a criminal case may,...
§ 19.2-299. Investigations and reports by probation officers in certain cases - A. When a person is tried in a circuit court...
§ 19.2-299.1. When Victim Impact Statement required; contents; uses - The presentence report prepared pursuant to § 19.2-299 shall, with...
§ 19.2-299.2. Alcohol and substance abuse screening and assessment for designated Class 1 misdemeanor convictions - A. When a person is convicted of any offense committed...
§ 19.2-300. Deferring for mental examination sentence of person convicted of offense indicating sexual abnormality - In the case of the conviction in any circuit court...
§ 19.2-301. Judge shall require examination under § 19.2-300; by whom made; report; expenses of psychiatrist - The judge shall order the defendant examined by at least...
§ 19.2-302. Construction and administration of §§ 19.2-300 and 19.2-301 - Nothing contained in § 19.2-300 or 19.2-301 shall be construed...
§ 19.2-303. Suspension or modification of sentence; probation; taking of fingerprints and blood, saliva, or tissue sample as condition of probation - After conviction, whether with or without jury, the court may...
§ 19.2-303.01. Reduction of sentence; substantial assistance to prosecution - Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule of court,...
§ 19.2-303.02. Modification of conditions of suspended sentence or probation to require fingerprinting - In any case where the court has suspended the imposition...
§ 19.2-303.1. Fixing period of suspension of sentence - In any case where a court suspends the imposition or...
§ 19.2-303.2. Persons charged with first offense may be placed on probation - Whenever any person who has not previously been convicted of...
§ 19.2-303.3. Sentence to local community-based probation services; services agency; requirements for participation; sentencing; and removal from probation; payment of costs towards supervision and services - A. Any offender who is (i) convicted on or after...
§ 19.2-303.4. Payment of costs when proceedings deferred and defendant placed on probation - A circuit or district court, which has deferred further proceedings,...
§ 19.2-303.5. Expired - Expired.
§ 19.2-303.6. Deferred disposition in a criminal case; persons with autism or intellectual disabilities - A. In any criminal case, except a violation of §...
§ 19.2-304. Increasing or decreasing probation period and modification of conditions - The court may subsequently increase or decrease the probation period...
§ 19.2-305. Requiring fines, costs, restitution for damages, support, or community services from probationer - A. While on probation the defendant may be required to...
§ 19.2-305.1. Restitution for property damage or loss; community service - A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person convicted...
§ 19.2-305.2. Amount of restitution; enforcement - A. The court, when ordering restitution pursuant to § 19.2-305.1,...
§ 19.2-305.3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1997, c. 140.
§ 19.2-305.4. When interest to be paid on award of restitution - The court, when ordering restitution pursuant to § 19.2-305 or...
§ 19.2-306. Revocation of suspension of sentence and probation - A. Subject to the provisions of § 19.2-306.2, in any...
§ 19.2-306.1. Limitation on sentence upon revocation of suspension of sentence; exceptions - A. For the purposes of this section, "technical violation" means...
§ 19.2-306.2. Use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing guidelines in cases of revocation of suspension of sentence and probation - A. In any proceeding conducted pursuant to § 19.2-306 for...
§ 19.2-307. Contents of judgment order - The judgment order shall set forth the plea, the verdict...
§ 19.2-308. When two or more sentences run concurrently - When any person is convicted of two or more offenses,...
§ 19.2-308.1. When sentence may run concurrently with sentence in another jurisdiction - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the event that...
§ 19.2-309. Sentence of confinement for conviction of a combination of felony and misdemeanor offenses - When any person is convicted of a combination of felony...
§ 19.2-309.1. Sentence of confinement to jail farms maintained by the Cities of Danville, Martinsville and Newport News - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person sentenced to...
§ 19.2-310. Transfer of prisoners to custody of Director of Department of Corrections - Every person sentenced by a court to the Department of...
§ 19.2-310.01. Transmission of sentencing documents - Within thirty days of the receipt of a request from...
§ 19.2-310.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1982, c. 636.
§ 19.2-310.2. Blood, saliva, or tissue sample required for DNA analysis upon conviction of certain crimes; fee - A. Every person convicted of a felony on or after...
§ 19.2-310.2:1. Saliva or tissue sample required for DNA analysis after arrest for a violent felony - Every person arrested for the commission or attempted commission of...
§ 19.2-310.3. Procedures for withdrawal of blood, saliva or tissue sample for DNA analysis - Each sample required pursuant to § 19.2-310.2 from persons who...
§ 19.2-310.3:1. Procedures for taking saliva or tissue sample for DNA analysis - A. Each sample required pursuant to § 19.2-310.2:1 from persons...
§ 19.2-310.4. Procedures for conducting DNA analysis of blood, saliva or tissue sample - Whether or not the results of an analysis are to...
§ 19.2-310.5. DNA data bank - A. It shall be the duty of the Department to...
§ 19.2-310.6. Unauthorized uses of DNA data bank; forensic samples; penalties - Any person who, without authority, disseminates information contained in the...
§ 19.2-310.7. (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524 and 542) Expungement when DNA taken for a conviction - A person whose DNA profile has been included in the...
§ 19.2-310.7. (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 524 and 542) Expungement when DNA taken for a conviction - A person whose DNA profile has been included in the...
§ 19.2-311. Indeterminate commitment to Department of Corrections in certain cases; duration and character of commitment; concurrence by Department - A. The judge, after a finding of guilt, when fixing...
§ 19.2-312. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1990, c. 701.
§ 19.2-313. Eligibility for release - Any person committed under the provisions of § 19.2-311 shall...
§ 19.2-314. Supervision of persons released - Every person released under § 19.2-313 shall receive intensive parole...
§ 19.2-315. Compliance with terms and conditions of parole; time on parole not counted as part of commitment period - Every person on parole under § 19.2-314 shall comply with...
§ 19.2-316. Evaluation and report prior to determining punishment - Following conviction and prior to sentencing, the court shall order...
§ 19.2-316.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2019, c. 618, cl. 2.
§ 19.2-316.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2019, c. 618, cl. 2.
§ 19.2-316.3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2019, c. 618, cl. 2.
§ 19.2-316.4. Eligibility for participation in community corrections alternative program; evaluation; sentencing; withdrawal or removal from program; payment of costs - A. As used in this article, unless the context requires...