CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMPLETED SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSE BARS CONVICTION FOR CONSPIRACY (§ 18.2-23.1)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or of § 18.2-256, in any
case where a defendant has been tried and convicted of an act he has also
conspired to commit, such defendant shall be subject to conviction only for the
completed substantive offense and not thereafter be convicted for the underlying
conspiracy.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 376.