{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-293","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 19.2-293","heading":"When acquittal not a bar to further prosecution for same offense","body":"A person acquitted of an offense on the ground of a variance between the allegations and the proof of the indictment or other accusation, or upon an exception to the form or substance thereof, may be arraigned again on a new indictment or other proper accusation, and tried and convicted for the same offense, notwithstanding such former acquittal.Code 1950, § 19.1-258; 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/19.2-293/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:39Z","sha256":"34ef6351c09f9b842597b7abc8e20ad954b4e154cdd53a082648ac54d8e2f510","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-292","next":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-294"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}