CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN ACQUITTAL NOT A BAR TO FURTHER PROSECUTION FOR SAME OFFENSE (§ 19.2-293)

A person acquitted of an offense on the ground of a variance between the
allegations and the proof of the indictment or other accusation, or upon an
exception to the form or substance thereof, may be arraigned again on a new
indictment or other proper accusation, and tried and convicted for the same
offense, notwithstanding such former acquittal.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-258; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.