§ 18.2-52 Malicious bodily injury by means of any caustic substance or agent or use of any explosive or fire.

History

This law was first passed in 1950. It was updated in 1960, 1975, and 1995.

Court Decisions

Arous John Phillips v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 07/13/10)
Appellants conviction for recruitment of a juvenile for membership in a criminal street gang is affirmed; appellants conviction for felony participation in criminal activity for the benefit of a criminal street gang that includes a juvenile is reversed, and the case is remanded to the trial court
Salvadore M. Corado, s/k/a, etc. v. Commonwealth (COA, 12/28/05)
No reversible error in trial courts decision to admit transcripts of grand jury testimony provided by codefendants or in admitting expert testimony of detectives on gang activity; trial court did not err in instructing jury on the charge of lynching or in admitting evidence of prior convictions of two codefendants to prove appellant was a member of a criminal street gang
James Ervin Holley v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 11/02/04)
Trial court did not err in finding evidence sufficient to convict appellant for attempted malicious wounding of a law enforcement officer
Elmer K. Floyd v Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 12/21/99)
Suff.evid to prove robbery, ident. & bodily inj w/caustic subst.

Cross References

§ 16.1-278.8 Delinquent juveniles.
§ 17.1-805 Adoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints.
§ 18.2-46.1 Definitions.
§ 18.2-51.1 Malicious bodily injury to law-enforcement officers, firefighters, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical service providers; penalty; lesser-included offense.
§ 18.2-57.2 Assault and battery against a family or household member; penalty.
§ 18.2-513 Definitions.

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Keyboard Guide

If any person maliciously causes any other person bodily injury by means of any acid, lye or other caustic substance or agent or use of any explosive or fire, he shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by confinement in a state correctional facility for a period of not less than five years nor more than thirty years. If such act is done unlawfully but not maliciously, the offender shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

History

This law has been modified 2 times since it was first created in 1960. 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 1975, chapters 14, 15, 604, ; in 1995, chapter 439.

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§ 18.2-52 Malicious bodily injury by means of any caustic substance or agent or use of any explosive or fire.

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