CODE OF VIRGINIA

PRELIMINARY HEARING REQUIRED FOR PERSON ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF FELONY; WAIVER (§
19.2-218)

No person who is arrested on a charge of felony shall be denied a preliminary
hearing upon the question of whether there is reasonable ground to believe that
he committed the offense and no indictment shall be returned in a court of
record against any such person prior to such hearing unless such hearing is
waived in writing by the accused.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-163.1; 1960, c. 389; 1975, c. 495.