Virginia statute
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-300 — Deferring for mental examination sentence of person convicted of offense indicating sexual abnormality
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 1: General Provisions, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-300
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.
In the case of the conviction in any circuit court of any person for any criminal offense which indicates sexual abnormality, the trial judge may on his own initiative, or shall upon application of the attorney for the Commonwealth, the defendant, or counsel for defendant or other person acting for the defendant, defer sentence until the report of a mental examination conducted as provided in § 19.2-301 of the defendant can be secured to guide the judge in determining what disposition shall be made of the defendant.
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