Conviction of lesser offenses under certain indictments (§ 18.2-54)—Virginia Decoded

Conviction of lesser offenses under certain indictments

On any indictment for maliciously shooting, stabbing, cutting or wounding a person or by any means causing him bodily injury, with intent to maim, disfigure, disable or kill him, or of causing bodily injury by means of any acid, lye or other caustic substance or agent, the jury or the court trying the case without a jury may find the accused not guilty of the offense charged but guilty of unlawfully doing such act with the intent aforesaid, or of assault and battery if the evidence warrants.

History

Code 1950, § 19.1-251; 1960, c. 366; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

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Court Decisions

Boone v. Com. (COA, 03/24/92)
. . . an instruction on unlawful wounding. See Code § 18.2-54. . . .

Com. v. Vaughn (SCV, 01/11/02)
. . . Va. 679, 36 S.E.2d 571 (1946). But see Code § 18.2-54; Brown v. Commonwealth, 222 Va. 111, 116, . . .

Jackson v. Com. (SCV, 10/07/77)
. . . battery were lesser included offenses. Code § 18.2-54. But at the conclusion of the evidence the . . .

Hughes v. Com. (COA, 12/17/02)
. . . poisoning in violation of § 18.2-54.1, adulteration of products in violation of § 18.2-54.1, . . .

DLG v. Com. (COA, 04/24/12)
. . . kill or injure" her, in violation of Code § 18.2-54.1. Appellant asserts the circuit court erred . . .

Johnson v. Com. (COA, 03/19/02)
. . . termination of the woman's pregnancy"), Code § 18.2-54.1 (poisoning food or water supplies . . .

Steven Joseph Blevins v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 08/26/14)
. . . certain lesser-included offenses. See, e.g., Code §§ 18.2-54 (unlawful wounding); 19.2-266.1 . . .

REVI, LLC v. Chicago Title Insurance Co. (SCV, 09/17/15)
. . . 18.2-10(e), 18.2-10(f), 18.2-15, . . .

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