CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONVICTS AS WITNESSES (SUPREME COURT RULE 2:609 DERIVED FROM THIS SECTION) (§
19.2-269)

A person convicted of a felony or perjury shall not be incompetent to testify,
but the fact of conviction may be shown in evidence to affect his credit.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-265; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.