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VA Code § 19.2-277 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 16 - Evidence and Witnesses|§ 19.2-277. Summoning witnesses in another state to testify in this Commonwealth

If a person in any state which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in criminal prosecutions or grand jury investigations commenced or about to commence in this Commonwealth is a material witness in a prosecution pending in a court of record in this Commonwealth, or in a grand jury investigation which has commenced or is about to commence, a judge of such court may issue a certificate under the seal of the court stating these facts and specifying the number of days the witness will be required. The certificate may include a recommendation that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of this Commonwealth to assure his attendance in this Commonwealth. This certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the county in which the witness is found.Code 1950, § 19.1-274; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
VA Code § 19.2-278 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 16 - Evidence and Witnesses|§ 19.2-278. Reimbursement for daily mileage to such witnesses; issuance of warrant necessary to make tender

If the witness is summoned to attend and testify in this Commonwealth he shall receive such reimbursement for his daily mileage as prescribed in § 2.2-2823 for each day that he is required to travel and attend as a witness. A witness who has appeared in accordance with the provisions of the summons shall not be required to remain within this Commonwealth a longer period of time than the period mentioned in the certificate, unless otherwise ordered by the court.The judge issuing the certificate prescribed in § 19.2-277 may, by order, direct the clerk of the court involved to issue such warrant or warrants payable out of the state treasury, as may be necessary to make the tender hereinabove prescribed; and after the entry of such order, such clerk, upon application of the attorney for the Commonwealth of the county or city involved, or of the accused, if certificate for the attendance of witness has been issued by such judge on his behalf as authorized by § 19.2-330, shall issue such warrant or warrants and deliver them to the said attorney for the Commonwealth, who shall, forthwith, cause such tender to be made. Upon issuance of any such warrant or warrants said clerk shall deliver a certified copy of the court's order to the Supreme Court, and the said warrant or warrants shall be paid out of the state treasury upon presentation.Unless and until appropriate forms shall be obtained, such warrants may be issued on the regular forms provided for the payment of witness fees and allowances, but in such event the clerk issuing the same shall make a notation thereon that they were issued pursuant to the provisions of this section.Code 1950, § 19.1-275; 1960, c. 366; 1972, c. 719; 1975, c. 495; 1976, c. 308; 1977, c. 483; 1978, c. 195.
VA Code § 19.2-279 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 16 - Evidence and Witnesses|§ 19.2-279. Penalty for failure of such witnesses to testify

If such witness, after coming into this Commonwealth, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the summons, he shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of any witness who disobeys a summons issued from a court of record in this Commonwealth.Code 1950, § 19.1-276; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
VA Code § 19.2-280 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 16 - Evidence and Witnesses|§ 19.2-280. Exemption of such witnesses from arrest or service of process

If a person comes into this Commonwealth in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in this Commonwealth he shall not while in this Commonwealth pursuant to such summons be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this Commonwealth under the summons.If a person passes through this Commonwealth while going to another state in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in that state or while returning therefrom, he shall not while so passing through this Commonwealth be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before his entrance into this Commonwealth under the summons.Code 1950, § 19.1-277; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
VA Code § 19.2-281 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 16 - Evidence and Witnesses|§ 19.2-281. Construction of article

This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of the states which enact it.Code 1950, § 19.1-278; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
VA Code § 19.2-282 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 16 - Evidence and Witnesses|§ 19.2-282. How article cited

This article may be cited as the "Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from without a State in Criminal Proceedings."Code 1950, § 19.1-279; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
VA Code § 19.2-283 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Convictions; Effect Thereof|§ 19.2-283. How accused may be convicted of felony

No person shall be convicted of felony, unless by his confession of guilt in court, or by his plea, or by the verdict of a jury, accepted and recorded by the court, or by judgment of the court trying the case without a jury according to law.Code 1950, § 19.1-248; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
VA Code § 19.2-284 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Convictions; Effect Thereof|§ 19.2-284. Proof of ownership in offense relating to property

In a prosecution for an offense committed upon, relating to or affecting real estate, or for stealing, embezzling, destroying, injuring or fraudulently receiving or concealing any personal estate it shall be sufficient to prove that when the offense was committed the actual or constructive possession, or a general or special property, in the whole or any part of such estate was in the person or entity alleged in the indictment or other accusation to be the owner thereof.Code 1950, § 19.1-247; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
VA Code § 19.2-285 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Convictions; Effect Thereof|§ 19.2-285. Accused guilty of part of offense charged; sentence; on new trial what tried

If a person indicted of a felony be by the jury acquitted of part of the offense charged, he shall be sentenced for such part as he is so convicted of, if the same be substantially charged in the indictment, whether it be felony or misdemeanor. If the verdict be set aside and a new trial granted the accused, he shall not be tried for any higher offense than that of which he was convicted on the last trial.Code 1950, § 19.1-249; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
VA Code § 19.2-286 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Convictions; Effect Thereof|§ 19.2-286. Conviction of attempt or as accessory on indictment for felony; effect of general verdict of not guilty

On an indictment for felony the jury may find the accused not guilty of the felony but guilty of an attempt to commit such felony, or of being an accessory thereto; and a general verdict of not guilty, upon such indictment, shall be a bar to a subsequent prosecution for an attempt to commit such felony, or of being an accessory thereto.Code 1950, § 19.1-254; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
VA Code § 19.2-287 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Convictions; Effect Thereof|§ 19.2-287. Verdict and judgment, when jury agree as to some and disagree as to others

When two or more persons are charged and tried jointly, the jury may render a verdict as to any of them as to whom they agree. Thereupon judgment shall be entered according to the verdict; and as to the others the case shall be tried by another jury.Code 1950, § 19.1-256; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
VA Code § 19.2-288 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Convictions; Effect Thereof|§ 19.2-288. Verdict when accused found guilty of punishable homicide

If a person indicted for murder be found by the jury guilty of any punishable homicide, they shall in their verdict fix the degree thereof. The court shall ascertain the extent of the punishment to be inflicted within the bounds prescribed by §§ 18.2-30 to 18.2-36, unless the accused has requested that the jury ascertain punishment of the offense as provided in subsection A of § 19.2-295.Code 1950, § 19.1-250; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 43.
VA Code § 19.2-289 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Convictions; Effect Thereof|§ 19.2-289. Conviction of petit larceny

In a prosecution for grand larceny, if it be found that the thing stolen is of less value than $1,000, the jury may find the accused guilty of petit larceny.Code 1950, § 19.1-252; 1960, c. 366; 1966, c. 247; 1975, c. 495; 1981, c. 197; 2018, cc. 764, 765; 2020, cc. 89, 401.
VA Code § 19.2-290 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Convictions; Effect Thereof|§ 19.2-290. Conviction of petit larceny though thing stolen worth $1,000 or more

In a prosecution for petit larceny, though the thing stolen be of the value of $1,000 or more, the jury may find the accused guilty, and upon a conviction under this section or § 19.2-289 the accused shall be sentenced for petit larceny.Code 1950, § 19.1-253; 1960, c. 366; 1966, c. 247; 1975, c. 495; 1981, c. 197; 2018, cc. 764, 765; 2020, cc. 89, 401.
VA Code § 19.2-291 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Convictions; Effect Thereof|§ 19.2-291. Faulty counts; motion to strike; general verdict of guilty

When there are several counts in the indictment one or more of which are faulty, the accused may move to strike the faulty count or counts or move the court to instruct the jury to disregard them. If he does neither and a general verdict of guilty is found, judgment shall be entered against the accused, if any count be good, though others be faulty, unless the court can plainly see that the verdict could not have been found on the good count. If the accused demurs to the faulty count or moves the court to instruct the jury to disregard it and his demurrer or motion is overruled and there is a general verdict of guilty and it cannot be seen on which count the verdict was founded, if the jury has been discharged, it shall be set aside; but if it is manifest that it could not have been found on the bad count, the verdict shall be allowed to stand.Code 1950, § 19.1-255; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
VA Code § 19.2-291.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Convictions; Effect Thereof|§ 19.2-291.1. Report of conviction of school employees for certain offenses

The clerk of any circuit court or any district court in the Commonwealth shall report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the division superintendent of any employing school division the conviction of any person, known by such clerk to hold a license issued by the Board of Education, for any felony involving the sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child or involving drugs pursuant to Article 1 (§ 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2.2008, cc. 474, 827.
VA Code § 19.2-292 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Convictions; Effect Thereof|§ 19.2-292. Acquittal by jury on merits bar to further prosecution for same offense

A person acquitted upon the facts and merits on a former trial, may plead such acquittal in bar of a second prosecution for the same offense, notwithstanding any defect in the form or substance of the indictment or accusation on which he was acquitted, unless the case be for a violation of the law relating to the state revenue and the acquittal be reversed on a writ of error on behalf of the Commonwealth.Code 1950, § 19.1-257; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
VA Code § 19.2-293 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Convictions; Effect Thereof|§ 19.2-293. When acquittal not a bar to further prosecution for same offense

A person acquitted of an offense on the ground of a variance between the allegations and the proof of the indictment or other accusation, or upon an exception to the form or substance thereof, may be arraigned again on a new indictment or other proper accusation, and tried and convicted for the same offense, notwithstanding such former acquittal.Code 1950, § 19.1-258; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
VA Code § 19.2-294 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Convictions; Effect Thereof|§ 19.2-294. Offense against two or more statutes or ordinances

If the same act be a violation of two or more statutes, or of two or more ordinances, or of one or more statutes and also one or more ordinances, conviction under one of such statutes or ordinances shall be a bar to a prosecution or proceeding under the other or others. Furthermore, if the same act be a violation of both a state and a federal statute, a prosecution under the federal statute shall be a bar to a prosecution under the state statute. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any offense involving an act of terrorism as defined in § 18.2-46.4.For purposes of this section, a prosecution under a federal statute shall be deemed to be commenced once jeopardy has attached.Code 1950, § 19.1-259; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1987, c. 241; 2002, cc. 588, 623; 2003, c. 736.
VA Code § 19.2-294.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Convictions; Effect Thereof|§ 19.2-294.1. Dismissal of one of dual charges for driving while intoxicated and reckless driving upon conviction of other charge

Whenever any person is charged with a violation of § 18.2-266 or any similar ordinances of any county, city, or town and with reckless driving in violation of § 46.2-852 or any ordinance of any county, city or town incorporating § 46.2-852, growing out of the same act or acts and is convicted of one of these charges, the court shall dismiss the remaining charge.Code 1950, § 19.1-259.1; 1960, c. 493; 1975, c. 495; 1997, c. 691; 2004, c. 937.
VA Code § 19.2-294.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Convictions; Effect Thereof|§ 19.2-294.2. Procedure when aliens convicted of certain felonies; duties of probation and parole officer

A. Whenever a person is (i) convicted in a circuit court of any felony and (ii) referred to a probation or parole officer for a report pursuant to § 19.2-299, or for probation supervision, the probation or parole officer shall inquire as to the citizenship of such person. If upon inquiry it is determined that the person may be an alien based upon his failure to produce evidence of United States citizenship, the probation or parole officer shall report this determination to the Central Criminal Records Exchange of the Department of State Police in a format approved by the Exchange.B. The inquiry required by this section need not be made if it is apparent that a report on alien status has previously been made to the Central Criminal Records Exchange pursuant to this section.C. It shall be the responsibility of the Central Criminal Records Exchange of the Department of State Police to review arrest reports submitted by law-enforcement agencies and reports of suspected alien-status inquiries made by probation or parole officers, and to report within sixty days of final disposition to the Law Enforcement Support Center of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement the identity of all convicted offenders suspected of being an alien.1985, c. 247; 1994, c. 579; 2008, cc. 180, 415; 2017, c. 84.
VA Code § 19.2-295 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 18 - Sentence; Judgment; Execution of Sentence|§ 19.2-295. Ascertainment of punishment

A. Within the limits prescribed by law, the court shall ascertain the term of confinement in the state correctional facility or in jail and the amount of fine, if any, when a person is convicted of a criminal offense, unless the accused is tried by a jury and has requested that the jury ascertain punishment. Such request for a jury to ascertain punishment shall be filed as a written pleading with the court at least 30 days prior to trial.B. When the accused is tried by a jury, deliberations of the jury shall be confined to a determination of the guilt or innocence of the accused, except that when the ascertainment of punishment by the jury has been requested by the accused, a proceeding in accordance with § 19.2-295.1 shall apply.C. In any case in which a jury has fixed a sentence as provided in this chapter and the sentence is modified by the court pursuant to the authority contained within this chapter, the court shall file with the record of the case a written explanation of such modification including the cause therefor.Code 1950, §§ 19.1-291, 19.1-292; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 2007, c. 259; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 43.
VA Code § 19.2-295.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 18 - Sentence; Judgment; Execution of Sentence|§ 19.2-295.1. Sentencing proceeding by the jury after conviction

In cases of trial by jury, upon a finding that the defendant is guilty of a felony or a Class 1 misdemeanor, or upon a finding in the trial de novo of an appealed misdemeanor conviction that the defendant is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, a separate proceeding limited to the ascertainment of punishment shall be held as soon as practicable before the same jury when ascertainment of punishment by jury has been requested by the accused as provided in subsection A of § 19.2-295. At such proceeding, the Commonwealth may present any victim impact testimony pursuant to § 19.2-295.3 and shall present the defendant's prior criminal history, including prior convictions and the punishments imposed, by certified, attested, or exemplified copies of the final order, including adult convictions and juvenile convictions and adjudications of delinquency. Prior convictions shall include convictions and adjudications of delinquency under the laws of any state, the District of Columbia, the United States or its territories. The Commonwealth shall provide to the defendant 14 days prior to trial notice of its intention to introduce copies of final orders evidencing the defendant's prior criminal history, including prior convictions and punishments imposed. Such notice shall include (i) the date of each prior conviction, (ii) the name and jurisdiction of the court where each prior conviction was had, (iii) each offense of which he was convicted, and (iv) the punishment imposed. Prior to commencement of the trial, the Commonwealth shall provide to the defendant photocopies of certified copies of the final orders that it intends to introduce at sentencing. After the Commonwealth has introduced in its case-in-chief of the sentencing phase such evidence of prior convictions or victim impact testimony, or both, or if no such evidence is introduced, the defendant may introduce relevant, admissible evidence related to punishment. Nothing in this section shall prevent the Commonwealth or the defendant from introducing relevant, admissible evidence in rebuttal.If the jury cannot agree on a punishment, the court shall fix punishment.If the sentence imposed pursuant to this section is subsequently set aside or found invalid solely due to an error in the sentencing proceeding, the court shall impanel a different jury to ascertain punishment, unless the defendant, the attorney for the Commonwealth and the court agree, in the manner provided in § 19.2-257, that the court shall fix punishment.1994, cc. 828, 860, 862, 881; 1995, c. 567; 1996, c. 664; 2001, c. 389; 2007, cc. 388, 478; 2012, c. 134; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 43.
VA Code § 19.2-295.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 18 - Sentence; Judgment; Execution of Sentence|§ 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 conviction for any felony offense committed (i) on or after January 1, 1995, the court may, and (ii) on or after July 1, 2000, shall, in addition to any other punishment imposed if such other punishment includes an active term of incarceration in a state or local correctional facility, except in cases in which the court orders a suspended term of confinement of at least six months, impose a term of incarceration, in addition to the active term, of not less than six months nor more than three years, as the court may determine. Such additional term shall be suspended and the defendant shall be ordered to be placed under postrelease supervision upon release from the active term of incarceration. The period of supervision shall be established by the court; however, such period shall not be less than six months nor more than three years. Periods of postrelease supervision imposed pursuant to this section upon more than one felony conviction may be ordered to run concurrently. Periods of postrelease supervision imposed pursuant to this section may be ordered to run concurrently with any period of probation the defendant may also be subject to serve.B. The period of postrelease supervision shall be under the supervision and review of the Virginia Parole Board. The Board shall review each felon prior to release and establish conditions of postrelease supervision. Failure to successfully abide by such terms and conditions shall be grounds to terminate the period of postrelease supervision and recommit the defendant to the Department of Corrections or to the local correctional facility from which he was previously released. Procedures for any such termination and recommitment shall be conducted in the same manner as procedures for the revocation of parole.C. Postrelease supervision programs shall be operated through the probation and parole districts established pursuant to § 53.1-141.D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the court from exercising any authority otherwise granted by law.1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., cc. 1, 2; 1995, cc. 502, 574; 2000, c. 767; 2020, cc. 1115, 1116.