Preliminary Hearing
This is Chapter 12 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Preliminary Hearing.” It is part of Title 19.2, titled “Criminal Procedure.” It’s comprised of the following 17 sections.
- § 19.2-183
- Examination of witnesses; assistance of counsel; evidentiary matters and remedies; power to adjourn case
- § 19.2-183.1
- Joint preliminary hearings
- § 19.2-184
- Witnesses may be separated (Subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:615 derived in part from this section)
- § 19.2-185
- Testimony may be reduced to writing and subscribed
- § 19.2-186
- When accused to be discharged, tried, committed or bailed by judge
- § 19.2-187
- Admission into evidence of certain certificates of analysis
- § 19.2-187.01
- Certificate of analysis as evidence of chain of custody of material described therein
- § 19.2-187.02
- Admissibility of written reports or records of blood alcohol tests conducted in the regular course of providing emergency medical treatment
- § 19.2-187.1
- Procedures for notifying accused of certificate of analysis; waiver; continuances
- § 19.2-187.2
- Procedure for subpoena duces tecum of analysis evidence
- § 19.2-188
- Reports by Chief Medical Examiner received as evidence
- § 19.2-188.1
- Testimony regarding identification of controlled substances
- § 19.2-188.2
- Certificate of surgeon as evidence
- § 19.2-188.3
- Admissibility of affidavits by government officials regarding a search of government records (Subdivision (10)(b) of Supreme Court Rule 2:803 derived from this section)
- § 19.2-189
- Commitment of accused for further examination
- § 19.2-190
- To whom, and when, examination and recognizance to be certified
- § 19.2-190.1
- Certification of ancillary misdemeanor offenses