CODE OF VIRGINIA

OFFENSE AGAINST TWO OR MORE STATUTES OR ORDINANCES (§ 19.2-294)

If the same act be a violation of two or more statutes, or of two or more
ordinances, or of one or more statutes and also one or more ordinances,
conviction under one of such statutes or ordinances shall be a bar to a
prosecution or proceeding under the other or others. Furthermore, if the same
act be a violation of both a state and a federal statute, a prosecution under
the federal statute shall be a bar to a prosecution under the state statute. The
provisions of this section shall not apply to any offense involving an act of
terrorism as defined in § 18.2-46.4.For purposes of this section, a prosecution
under a federal statute shall be deemed to be commenced once jeopardy has
attached.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-259; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1987, c. 241; 2002,
cc. 588, 623; 2003, c. 736.