{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-292","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 19.2-292","heading":"Acquittal by jury on merits bar to further prosecution for same offense","body":"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.","path":["Title 19.2. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","Chapter 17. CONVICTIONS; EFFECT THEREOF","Article 2. FORMER JEOPARDY"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/19.2-292/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:39Z","sha256":"75a431f4158555f2b881ec2aabe4e88a82204b05d5d84a9029657ffb41aa20df","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-291.1","next":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-293"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}