Shooting, stabbing, etc., with intent to maim, kill, etc (§ 18.2-51)—Virginia Decoded

Shooting, stabbing, etc., with intent to maim, kill, etc

If any person maliciously shoot, stab, cut, or wound any person or by any means cause him bodily injury, with the intent to maim, disfigure, disable, or kill, he shall, except where it is otherwise provided, be guilty of a Class 3 felony. If such act be done unlawfully but not maliciously, with the intent aforesaid, the offender shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

History

Code 1950, § 18.1-65; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

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Court Decisions

Branch v. Com. (COA, 07/14/92)
. . . totally and permanently disabled." Code § 18.2-51.2. He also contends that the Commonwealth did . . .

Long v. Com. (COA, 05/02/89)
. . . penitentiary and to three years probation. . . .

Campbell v. Com. (COA, 05/14/91)
. . . conviction under 18.2-51.... . . .

. . . Mir Aimal Kasi v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director of the . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 08/15/02)
. . . Morgan, and Williams, see Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-51 (Michie 1996); and five charges of using a . . .

Barrett v. Com. (SCV, 03/07/86)
. . . Barrett was charged with malicious wounding, Code § 18.2-51[1], and with the use of a firearm in . . .

Turner v. Com. (SCV, 11/26/80)
. . . , burglary, malicious wounding as defined in § 18.2-51, or abduction. Violation of this section . . .

. . . Jerry Lowery v. Larry Stovall T.E. Redd, and City of South . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 08/06/96)
. . . kill him in violation of Va. Code § 18.2-51.1.1 Prosecution on this charge was delayed . . .

Harrell v. Com. (COA, 09/04/90)
. . . for malicious assault and battery under Code § 18.2-51 on the basis that he was the person who . . .

Miller v. Com. (COA, 09/01/87)
. . . commission of a felony in violation of Code §§ 18.2-51 and 18.2-53.1. On appeal, he contends that . . .

Hall v. Com. (COA, 07/28/92)
. . . Code § 18.2-51, and one count of aggravated malicious wounding in violation of Code § 18.2-51.2. . . .

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