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<law><law_id>781918</law_id><section_number>19.2-216</section_number><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><edition url="https://vacode.org/2016/" id="11" last_updated="2016-07-24" current="TRUE">2016</edition><structure><unit level="1" identifier="19.2" url="https://vacode.org/2016/19.2/">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit level="2" identifier="14" url="https://vacode.org/2016/19.2/14/">Presentments, Indictments And Informations</unit><unit level="3" identifier="1" url="https://vacode.org/2016/19.2/14/1/">Necessity For Indictment, Etc</unit></structure><catch_line>Definition of indictment, presentment and information</catch_line><history>1975, c. 495.</history><order_by/><text><section id="2521873" prefix=""><text/><type>section</type><prefixes><section/></prefixes><entire_prefix/><prefix_anchor/><level>1</level></section></text><metadata/><court_decisions><unit><name>Brooks v. Com.</name><case_number>Record No. 1149-93-2</case_number><citation>454 S.E.2d 3</citation><date>1995-02-07</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1350458/brooks-v-com/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. and possession of cocaine. See generally Code &#xA7; 19.2-216. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Court of Appeals"&gt;COA&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Grier v. Com.</name><case_number>0421001</case_number><citation>546 S.E.2d 743</citation><date>2001-05-29</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1065078/grier-v-com/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. found or made by a grand jury...." See Code &#xA7; 19.2-216 (defining "indictment" "presentment .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Court of Appeals"&gt;COA&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Rowe v. Com.</name><case_number>081173</case_number><citation>675 S.E.2d 161</citation><date>2009-04-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1058350/rowe-v-com/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. issued by a legally impaneled grand jury. Code &#xA7; 19.2-216. And "no person shall be put upon trial .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia"&gt;SCV&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>James C. Howard, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>0820131</case_number><citation/><date>2014-08-05</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2708335/james-c-howard-jr-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. returned by the grand jury in open court.&#x201D; Code .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Court of Appeals"&gt;COA&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Dalton v. Com.</name><case_number>Record No. 3134-96-3</case_number><citation>499 S.E.2d 22</citation><date>1998-05-19</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1312435/dalton-v-com/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. indictments, presentments, and informations, see Code &#xA7; 19.2-216; and it has made provision for .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Court of Appeals"&gt;COA&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Herrington v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>150085</case_number><citation/><date>2016-02-12</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3177029/herrington-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. oath or affirmation&#x201D; of the grand jury. Code &#xA7; .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia"&gt;SCV&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Herrington v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>150085</case_number><citation/><date>2016-02-12</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3186365/herrington-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. oath or affirmation&#x201D; of the grand jury. Code &#xA7; .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia"&gt;SCV&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit><unit><name>Livingston v. Virginia State Bar</name><case_number>122144</case_number><citation/><date>2013-06-06</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1057738/livingston-v-virginia-state-bar/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. attorney for the .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia"&gt;SCV&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit></court_decisions><official_url>http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/19.2-216/</official_url><refers_to/><url>/19.2-216/</url><token>19.2/14/1/19.2-216</token><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-4614</reference><reference>55-525.12</reference></referred_to_by></law>
