Virginia statute

Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-203 — Indictments ignored may be sent to another grand jury; what irregularities not to vitiate indictment, etc

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 2: Regular Grand Juries, Code of Virginia.

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-203

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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-203Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session

Although a bill of indictment be returned not a true bill the same or another bill of indictment against the same person for the same offense may be sent to, and acted on, by the same or another grand jury. No irregularity in the time or manner of selecting the jurors, or in the writ of venire facias, or in the manner of executing the same, shall vitiate any presentment, indictment or finding of a grand jury.

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