General Provisions
This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “General Provisions.” It is part of Title 19.2, titled “Criminal Procedure.” It is part of Chapter 18, titled “Sentence; Judgment; Execution Of Sentence.” It’s comprised of the following 38 sections.
- § 19.2-295
- Ascertainment of punishment
- § 19.2-295.1
- Sentencing proceeding by the jury after conviction
- § 19.2-295.2
- Postrelease supervision of felons sentenced for offenses committed on and after January 1, 1995, and on and after July 1, 2000
- § 19.2-295.2:1
- Postrelease supervision of felons sentenced for certain offenses committed on or after July 1, 2006
- § 19.2-295.3
- Admission of victim impact testimony
- § 19.2-296
- Withdrawal of plea of guilty
- § 19.2-297
- Repealed
- § 19.2-297.1
- Sentence of person twice previously convicted of certain violent felonies
- § 19.2-298
- Pronouncement of sentence
- § 19.2-298.01
- Use of discretionary sentencing guidelines
- § 19.2-298.1
- Repealed
- § 19.2-299
- Investigations and reports by probation officers in certain cases
- § 19.2-299.1
- When Victim Impact Statement required; contents; uses
- § 19.2-299.2
- Alcohol and substance abuse screening and assessment for designated Class 1 misdemeanor convictions
- § 19.2-300
- Deferring for mental examination sentence of person convicted of offense indicating sexual abnormality
- § 19.2-301
- Judge shall require examination under § 19.2-300; by whom made; report; expenses of psychiatrist
- § 19.2-302
- Construction and administration of §§ 19.2-300 and 19.2-301
- § 19.2-303
- Suspension or modification of sentence; probation; taking of fingerprints and blood, saliva, or tissue sample as condition of probation
- § 19.2-303.1
- Fixing period of suspension of sentence
- § 19.2-303.2
- Persons charged with first offense may be placed on probation
- § 19.2-303.3
- Sentence to local community-based probation services; services agency; requirements for participation; sentencing; and removal from probation; payment of costs towards supervision and services
- § 19.2-303.4
- Payment of costs when proceedings deferred and defendant placed on probation
- § 19.2-303.5
- (Expires July 1, 2017) Immediate sanction probation programs
- § 19.2-304
- Increasing or decreasing probation period and modification of conditions
- § 19.2-305
- Requiring fines, costs, restitution for damages, support or community services from probationer
- § 19.2-305.1
- Restitution for property damage or loss; community service
- § 19.2-305.2
- Amount of restitution; enforcement
- § 19.2-305.3
- Repealed
- § 19.2-305.4
- When interest to be paid on award of restitution
- § 19.2-306
- Revocation of suspension of sentence and probation
- § 19.2-307
- Contents of judgment order
- § 19.2-308
- When two or more sentences run concurrently
- § 19.2-308.1
- When sentence may run concurrently with sentence in another jurisdiction
- § 19.2-309
- Sentence of confinement for conviction of a combination of felony and misdemeanor offenses
- § 19.2-309.1
- Sentence of confinement to jail farms maintained by the Cities of Danville, Martinsville and Newport News [Not set out.]
- § 19.2-310
- Transfer of prisoners to custody of Director of Department of Corrections
- § 19.2-310.01
- Transmission of sentencing documents
- § 19.2-310.1
- Repealed