§ 18.2-51.2 Aggravated malicious wounding; penalty.

History

This law was first passed in 1986. It was updated in 1991, and 1997.

Court Decisions

Mario Lamar Turner v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 07/26/11)
Trial court did not err in allowing appellant
India Lakesha Scott v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 05/10/11)
Trial court erred in refusing to strike one of the jurors on the venire for cause and the failure was inherently prejudicial; convictions of aggravated malicious wounding and two counts of child neglect reversed and remanded to trial court for new trial
Travis Wayne Lamm, a/k/a Travis Lamb v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 02/09/10)
Trial court did not err in denying appellants motion for a new trial based on after-discovered evidence where jury had before it the possibility of the after-discovered evidence and additional evidence before the jury proved that victim was significantly and permanently injured by appellants attack
Ismael Paiz v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 08/25/09)
Trial court erred in denying appellants motion to vacate jury verdicts for his convictions of use of a firearm in commission of lynching and use of a firearm in commission of malicious wounding by mob where Code 18.2-42.1 does not render appellant criminally responsible simply because of his membership in mob
Royalle Deshavon Goode v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 07/22/08)
Trial court did not err in finding that appellant was a principal in the second degree in the commission of the crimes of attempted robbery and aggravated malicious wounding

Cross References

§ 16.1-269.1 Trial in circuit court; preliminary hearing; direct indictment; remand.
§ 17.1-805 Adoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints.
§ 18.2-53.1 Use or display of firearm in committing felony.
§ 18.2-57.2 Assault and battery against a family or household member; penalty.
§ 18.2-61 Rape.
§ 18.2-67.1 Forcible sodomy.
§ 18.2-67.2 Object sexual penetration; penalty.
§ 18.2-370.3 Sex offenses prohibiting residing in proximity to children; penalty.
§ 18.2-370.4 Sex offenses prohibiting working on school property; penalty.
§ 18.2-513 Definitions.

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Keyboard Guide

A. If any person maliciously shoots, stabs, cuts or wounds any other person, or by any means causes bodily injury, with the intent to maim, disfigure, disable or kill, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony if the victim is thereby severely injured and is caused to suffer permanent and significant physical impairment. ¶

B. If any person maliciously shoots, stabs, cuts or wounds any other woman who is pregnant, or by any other means causes bodily injury, with the intent to maim, disfigure, disable or kill the pregnant woman or to cause the involuntary termination of her pregnancy, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony if the victim is thereby severely injured and is caused to suffer permanent and significant physical impairment. ¶

C. For purposes of this section, the involuntary termination of a woman’s pregnancy shall be deemed a severe injury and a permanent and significant physical impairment. ¶

History

This law has been modified 2 times since it was first created in 1986. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1991, chapter 670; in 1997, chapter 709.

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