Issuance of Writ of Actual Innocence

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This is Chapter 19.2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Issuance of Writ of Actual Innocence.” It is part of Title 19.2 “Criminal Procedure”.

It’s comprised of the following 6 sections.

§ 19.2-327.2	Issuance of writ of actual innocence based on biological evidence
§ 19.2-327.2:1	Petition for writ of actual innocence joined by Attorney General; release of prisoner; bond hearing
§ 19.2-327.3	Contents and form of the petition based on previously unknown or untested human biological evidence of actual innocence
§ 19.2-327.4	Determination by the Supreme Court for findings of fact by the circuit court
§ 19.2-327.5	Relief under writ
§ 19.2-327.6	Claims of relief