Trial by Jury

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This is Article 4 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Trial by Jury.” It is part of Chapter 15 “Trial and Its Incidents”, which is part of Title 19.2 “Criminal Procedure”.

It’s comprised of the following 11 sections.

§ 19.2-260	Provisions of Title 8.01 apply except as provided in this article
§ 19.2-261	Charging grand jury in presence of person selected as juror
§ 19.2-262	Waiver of jury trial; numbers of jurors in criminal cases; how jurors selected from panel
§ 19.2-262.01	Voir dire examination of persons called as jurors
§ 19.2-262.1	Joinder of defendants
§ 19.2-263	Repealed
§ 19.2-263.1	Contact between judge and juror prohibited
§ 19.2-263.2	Jury instructions
§ 19.2-263.3	Juror information confidential
§ 19.2-264	When jury need not be kept together in felony case; sufficient compliance with requirement that jury be kept together
§ 19.2-264.1	Views by juries