Virginia criminal code — article
Article 1: General Provisions
Article 1 of Chapter 18: Sentence; Judgment; Execution of Sentence, Code of Virginia. Statutory text on each section page is current through the legislative session it names.
Sections of Article 1
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-295 — Ascertainment of punishment
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-295.1 — Sentencing proceeding by the jury after conviction
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-295.2 — Probation of felons sentenced for offenses committed on and after January 1, 1995, and on and after July 1, 2000
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-295.2:1 — Postrelease incarceration of felons sentenced for certain offenses committed on or after July 1, 2006
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-295.3 — Admission of victim impact testimony
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-296 — Withdrawal of plea of guilty
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-297 — Repealed
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-297.1 — Sentence of person twice previously convicted of certain violent felonies
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-298 — Pronouncement of sentence
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-298.01 — Use of discretionary sentencing guidelines
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-298.02 — Deferred disposition in a criminal case
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-298.1 — Repealed
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-299 — Investigations and reports by probation officers in certain cases
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-299.1 — When Victim Impact Statement required; contents; uses
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-299.2 — Alcohol and substance abuse screening and assessment for designated Class 1 misdemeanor convictions
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-299.3 — Report of arrest and conviction of school employees by probation and parole officers for certain offenses
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-300 — Deferring for mental examination sentence of person convicted of offense indicating sexual abnormality
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-301 — Judge shall require examination under § 19.2-300; by whom made; report; expenses of psychiatrist
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-302 — Construction and administration of §§ 19.2-300 and 19.2-301
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-303 — Suspension or modification of sentence; probation; taking of fingerprints and blood, saliva, or tissue sample as condition of probation
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-303.01 — Reduction of sentence; substantial assistance to prosecution
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-303.02 — Modification of conditions of suspended sentence or probation to require fingerprinting
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-303.03 — Modification of sentence for marijuana-related convictions
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-303.1 — Fixing period of suspension of sentence
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-303.2 — Persons charged with first offense may be placed on probation
- Va. Code Ann. § 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
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-303.4 — Payment of costs when proceedings deferred
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-303.5 — Expired
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-303.6 — Deferred disposition in a criminal case; persons with autism, intellectual disabilities, or developmental disabilities
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-304 — Increasing or decreasing probation period and modification of conditions
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-305 — Requiring fines, costs, restitution for damages, support, or community services from probationer
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-305.1 — Restitution for property damage or loss; community service
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-305.2 — Amount of restitution; enforcement
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-305.3 — Repealed
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-305.4 — When interest to be paid on award of restitution
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-306 — Revocation of suspension of sentence and probation
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-306.1 — Limitation on sentence upon revocation of suspension of sentence; exceptions
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-306.2 — Use of sentencing revocation report and discretionary sentencing guidelines in cases of revocation of suspension of sentence and probation
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-307 — Contents of judgment order
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-308 — When two or more sentences run concurrently
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-308.1 — When sentence may run concurrently with sentence in another jurisdiction
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-309 — Sentence of confinement for conviction of a combination of felony and misdemeanor offenses
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-309.1 — Sentence of confinement to jail farms maintained by the Cities of Danville, Martinsville and Newport News
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-310 — Transfer of prisoners to custody of Director of Department of Corrections
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-310.01 — Transmission of sentencing documents
- Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-310.1 — Repealed
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