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- Va. Code § 19.2-260 · Provisions of Title 8.01 apply except as provided in this article
- Va. Code § 19.2-261 · Charging grand jury in presence of person selected as juror
- Va. Code § 19.2-262 · Waiver of jury trial; numbers of jurors in criminal cases; how jurors selected from panel
- Va. Code § 19.2-262.01 · Voir dire examination of persons called as jurors
- Va. Code § 19.2-262.1 · Joinder of defendants
- Va. Code § 19.2-263 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 19.2-263.1 · Contact between judge and juror prohibited
- Va. Code § 19.2-263.2 · Jury instructions
- Va. Code § 19.2-263.3 · Juror information confidential
- Va. Code § 19.2-264 · When jury need not be kept together in felony case; sufficient compliance with requirement that jury be kept together
- Va. Code § 19.2-264.1 · Views by juries
- Va. Code § 19.2-264.2 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 19.2-264.6 · through 19.2-264.14
- Va. Code § 19.2-265 · Opening statement of counsel
- Va. Code § 19.2-265.01 · Victims, certain members of the family and support persons not to be excluded
- Va. Code § 19.2-265.1 · Exclusion of witnesses (Subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:615 derived in part from this section and subsection (c) of Supreme Court Rule 2:615 derived from this section)
- Va. Code § 19.2-265.2 · Judicial notice of laws (Supreme Court Rule 2:202 derived in part from this section)
- Va. Code § 19.2-265.3 · Nolle prosequi; discretion of court upon good cause shown
- Va. Code § 19.2-265.4 · Failure to provide discovery
- Va. Code § 19.2-265.5 · Prosecuting misdemeanor cases without attorney
- Va. Code § 19.2-265.6 · Dismissal of criminal charges on Commonwealth's motion; effect of dismissal of criminal charges
- Va. Code § 19.2-266 · Exclusion of persons from trial; photographs and broadcasting permitted under designated guidelines; exceptions
- Va. Code § 19.2-266.1 · Conviction of lesser offense on indictment for homicide
- Va. Code § 19.2-266.2 · Defense objections to be raised before trial; hearing; bill of particulars
- Va. Code § 19.2-266.3 · Continuances; appearances of parties
- Va. Code § 19.2-266.4 · Expert assistance for indigent defendants
- Va. Code § 19.2-267 · Provisions applicable to witnesses in criminal as well as civil cases; obligation to attend; summons
- Va. Code § 19.2-267.1 · Authority of law-enforcement officer to issue summons to witness; failure to appear
- Va. Code § 19.2-267.2 · Response to subpoena for information stored in electronic format
- Va. Code § 19.2-268 · Right of accused to testify
- Va. Code § 19.2-268.1 · Contradiction by prior inconsistent writing (Subdivision (b)(i) of Supreme Court Rule 2:613 derived in part from this section)
- Va. Code § 19.2-268.2 · Recent complaint hearsay exception (Subdivision (23) of Supreme Court Rule 2:803 derived from this section)
- Va. Code § 19.2-268.3 · Admissibility of statements by children in certain cases
- Va. Code § 19.2-269 · Convicts as witnesses (Supreme Court Rule 2:609 derived from this section)
- Va. Code § 19.2-269.1 · Inmates as witnesses in criminal cases
- Va. Code § 19.2-269.2 · Nondisclosure of addresses or telephone numbers of crime victims and witnesses
- Va. Code § 19.2-270 · When statement by accused as witness not received as evidence
- Va. Code § 19.2-270.1 · Use of photographs as evidence in certain larceny and burglary prosecutions
- Va. Code § 19.2-270.1:1 · Computer and electronic data in obscenity, etc. cases; access to defendant
- Va. Code § 19.2-270.2 · Disposition of money, securities or documents seized upon arrest, etc., and pertinent as evidence
- Va. Code § 19.2-270.3 · Admissible evidence as to identity of party presenting bad check, draft or order
- Va. Code § 19.2-270.4 · When donation, destruction, or return of exhibits received in evidence authorized
- Va. Code § 19.2-270.4:1 · Storage, preservation and retention of human biological evidence in felony cases
- Va. Code § 19.2-270.5 · DNA profile admissible in criminal proceeding
- Va. Code § 19.2-270.6 · Evidence of abuse admissible in certain criminal trials (Supreme Court Rule 2:409 derived from this section)
- Va. Code § 19.2-270.7 · Determining decibel level of sound with proper equipment; certificate as to accuracy of equipment
- Va. Code § 19.2-271 · Certain judicial officers incompetent to testify under certain circumstances; exceptions (Supreme Court Rule 2:605 derived from this section)
- Va. Code § 19.2-271.1 · Competency of spouses to testify
- Va. Code § 19.2-271.2 · Testimony of spouses in criminal cases (Subsection (b) of Supreme Court Rule 2:504 derived from this section)
- Va. Code § 19.2-271.3 · Communications between ministers of religion and persons they counsel or advise (Supreme Court Rule 2:503 derived in part from this section)
- Va. Code § 19.2-271.4 · Privileged communications by certain public safety personnel
- Va. Code § 19.2-271.5 · Protected information; newspersons engaged in journalism
- Va. Code § 19.2-271.6 · Evidence of defendant's mental condition admissible; notice to Commonwealth
- Va. Code § 19.2-271.7 · Notifying defendant of consequences criminal proceedings can have on immigration
- Va. Code § 19.2-272 · Definitions
- Va. Code § 19.2-273 · Certificate that witness is needed in another state; hearing
- Va. Code § 19.2-274 · When court to order witness to attend
- Va. Code § 19.2-275 · Arrest of witness
- Va. Code § 19.2-276 · Penalty for failure to attend and testify
- Va. Code § 19.2-277 · Summoning witnesses in another state to testify in this Commonwealth
- Va. Code § 19.2-278 · Reimbursement for daily mileage to such witnesses; issuance of warrant necessary to make tender
- Va. Code § 19.2-279 · Penalty for failure of such witnesses to testify
- Va. Code § 19.2-280 · Exemption of such witnesses from arrest or service of process
- Va. Code § 19.2-281 · Construction of article
- Va. Code § 19.2-282 · How article cited
- Va. Code § 19.2-283 · How accused may be convicted of felony
- Va. Code § 19.2-284 · Proof of ownership in offense relating to property
- Va. Code § 19.2-285 · Accused guilty of part of offense charged; sentence; on new trial what tried
- Va. Code § 19.2-286 · Conviction of attempt or as accessory on indictment for felony; effect of general verdict of not guilty
- Va. Code § 19.2-287 · Verdict and judgment, when jury agree as to some and disagree as to others
- Va. Code § 19.2-288 · Verdict when accused found guilty of punishable homicide
- Va. Code § 19.2-289 · Conviction of petit larceny
- Va. Code § 19.2-290 · Conviction of petit larceny though thing stolen worth $1,000 or more
- Va. Code § 19.2-291 · Faulty counts; motion to strike; general verdict of guilty
- Va. Code § 19.2-291.1 · Report of conviction of school employees for certain offenses
- Va. Code § 19.2-292 · Acquittal by jury on merits bar to further prosecution for same offense
- Va. Code § 19.2-293 · When acquittal not a bar to further prosecution for same offense
- Va. Code § 19.2-294 · Offense against two or more statutes or ordinances
- Va. Code § 19.2-294.1 · Dismissal of one of dual charges for driving while intoxicated and reckless driving upon conviction of other charge
- Va. Code § 19.2-294.2 · Procedure when aliens convicted of certain felonies; duties of probation and parole officer
- Va. Code § 19.2-295 · Ascertainment of punishment
- Va. Code § 19.2-295.1 · Sentencing proceeding by the jury after conviction
- Va. Code § 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 § 19.2-295.2:1 · Postrelease incarceration of felons sentenced for certain offenses committed on or after July 1, 2006
- Va. Code § 19.2-295.3 · Admission of victim impact testimony
- Va. Code § 19.2-296 · Withdrawal of plea of guilty
- Va. Code § 19.2-297 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 19.2-297.1 · Sentence of person twice previously convicted of certain violent felonies
- Va. Code § 19.2-298 · Pronouncement of sentence
- Va. Code § 19.2-298.01 · Use of discretionary sentencing guidelines
- Va. Code § 19.2-298.02 · Deferred disposition in a criminal case
- Va. Code § 19.2-298.1 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 19.2-299 · Investigations and reports by probation officers in certain cases
- Va. Code § 19.2-299.1 · When Victim Impact Statement required; contents; uses
- Va. Code § 19.2-299.2 · Alcohol and substance abuse screening and assessment for designated Class 1 misdemeanor convictions
- Va. Code § 19.2-299.3 · Report of arrest and conviction of school employees by probation and parole officers for certain offenses
- Va. Code § 19.2-300 · Deferring for mental examination sentence of person convicted of offense indicating sexual abnormality
- Va. Code § 19.2-301 · Judge shall require examination under § 19.2-300; by whom made; report; expenses of psychiatrist
- Va. Code § 19.2-302 · Construction and administration of §§ 19.2-300 and 19.2-301
- Va. Code § 19.2-303 · Suspension or modification of sentence; probation; taking of fingerprints and blood, saliva, or tissue sample as condition of probation