{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-327.2-1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 19.2-327.2:1","heading":"Petition for writ of actual innocence joined by Attorney General; release of prisoner; bond hearing","body":"The Attorney General may join in a petition for a writ of actual innocence made pursuant to § 19.2-327.2. When such petition is so joined, the petitioner may file a copy of the petition and attachments thereto and the Attorney General's answer with the circuit court that entered the felony conviction or adjudication of delinquency and move the court for a hearing to consider release of the person on bail pursuant to Chapter 9 (§ 19.2-119 et seq.). Upon hearing and for good cause shown, the court may order the person released from custody subject to the terms and conditions of bail so established, pending a ruling by the Supreme Court on the writ under § 19.2-327.5.2015, c. 66; 2020, cc. 993, 994.","path":["Title 19.2. Criminal Procedure","Chapter 19.2. Issuance of Writ of Actual Innocence"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/19.2-327.2:1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:39Z","sha256":"4c7ed0e030ef0227aaa8c5c7eb7f37c4b7a986204b9047a48a82963549346eae","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-327.2","next":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-327.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}