Virginia

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§ 18.2-21

When and where accessories tried; how indicted

An accessory, either before or after the fact, may, whether the principal felon be convicted or not, or be amenable to justice or not, be indicted, tried, convicted and punished in the county or corporation in which he became accessory, or in which the principal felon might be indicted. Any such accessory before the fact may be indicted either with such principal or separately.

History

Code 1950, § 18.1-13; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

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Court Decisions

Redman v. Com. (COA, 07/15/97)
. . . precedent to conviction of an accessory, Code § 18.2-21, conviction of an accessory requires proof . . .
Washington v. Commonwealth (SCV, 09/05/75)
. . . reenacted and recodified as || 18.2-18, 18.2-19 and 18.2-21, to become effective October 1, 1975, . . .
Dusenbery v. Com. (SCV, 02/29/80)
. . . precedent to conviction of an accessory, Code § 18.2-21, "before the accessory to a crime can be . . .
. . . Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver for New . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 03/02/94)
. . . Section 2.1 reads as follows: . . .
Grey Alexander Ferrell v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 06/18/13)
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