79528418.2-23.1Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016Crimes And Offenses GenerallyInchoate OffensesConspiraciesCompleted substantive offense bars conviction for conspiracy1985, c. 376.Boyd v. Com.Record No. 870821374 S.E.2d 3011988-11-18https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1400542/boyd-v-com/ . . . common law with the 1985 enactment of Code § 18.2-23.1, dealing with a prohibition against . . . <abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr>Ramsey v. Com.Record No. 0082-85343 S.E.2d 4651986-05-06https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1269200/ramsey-v-com/ . . . 1, 1985, the General Assembly enacted Code § 18.2-23.1 which provides: "Completed substantive . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>Stevens v. Com.Record No. 1598-90-2415 S.E.2d 8811992-03-31https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1369348/stevens-v-com/ . . . contention that Code § 18.2-23.1 bars his conviction is also without merit. Code § 18.2-23.1 bars . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>Shilling v. Com.Record No. 1191-85359 S.E.2d 3111987-08-04https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1257378/shilling-v-com/ . . . successfully asserting Code § 18.2-23.1 as a bar because Code § 18.2-23.1 is a new law repealing . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>Bowman v. Com.Record Nos. 1218-88-2, 0217-89-2397 S.E.2d 8861990-11-06https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1262382/bowman-v-com/ . . . indictment on the ground that, pursuant to Code § 18.2-23.1, he could not be prosecuted for the . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>Clauson v. Com.0758981511 S.E.2d 4491999-03-09https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1066453/clauson-v-com/ . . . dismiss the conspiracy charge, arguing that Code § 18.2-23.1[2] bars conviction when the accused . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>Schwartz v. Com.0577034611 S.E.2d 6312005-04-19https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1063535/schwartz-v-com/ . . . (1988) (holding that, notwithstanding Code § 18.2-23.1's application to successive trials, . . . <abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr>http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-23.1/18.2-256Conspiracy/18.2-256//18.2-23.1/18.2/3/1/18.2-23.1Notwithstanding 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.section1