CODE OF VIRGINIA

VENUE IN CERTAIN HOMICIDE CASES (§ 19.2-247)

Where evidence exists that a homicide has been committed either within or
without the Commonwealth, under circumstances that make it unknown where such
crime was committed, the homicide and any related offenses shall be amenable to
prosecution in the courts of the county or city where the body or any part
thereof of the victim may be found or, if the victim was removed from the
Commonwealth for medical treatment prior to death and died outside the
Commonwealth, in the courts of the county or city from which the victim was
removed for medical treatment prior to death, as if the offense has been
committed in such county or city. In a prosecution for capital murder pursuant
to subdivision 8 of § 18.2-31, the offense may be prosecuted in any
jurisdiction in the Commonwealth in which any one of the killings may be
prosecuted.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-221.1; 1973, c. 308; 1975, c. 495; 1996, c. 959;
2002, c. 503; 2015, cc. 632, 637.