CODE OF VIRGINIA

HOW APPEAL TRIED (§ 16.1-136)

Any appeal taken under the provisions of this chapter shall be heard de novo in
the appellate court and shall be tried without formal pleadings in writing; and,
except in the case of an appeal from any order or judgment of a court not of
record forfeiting any recognizance or revoking any suspension of sentence, the
accused shall be entitled to trial by a jury in the same manner as if he had
been indicted for the offense in the circuit court.

HISTORY: 1956, c. 555.