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In any prosecution arising out of the multi-jurisdiction grand jury, the attorney for the Commonwealth may also obtain the assistance of the special counsel to the grand jury as a special assistant attorney for the Commonwealth.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1308553,"text":"Upon request by the applicants or upon motion to the presiding judge by special counsel, the Office of Attorney General may participate as special counsel in the multi-jurisdiction grand jury proceedings and any prosecutions arising therefrom. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 543 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1395823,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351435,"identifier":"19.2-215.10","token":"19.2\/13\/4\/19.2-215.10","url":"\/19.2-215.10\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-215.10\/","token":"19.2\/13\/4\/19.2-215.10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Participation by Office of Attorney General; assistance of special counsel permitted in certain prosecutions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-215.10","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Upon request by the applicants or upon <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span> to the presiding <span class=\"dictionary\">judge<\/span> by special <span class=\"dictionary\">counsel<\/span>, the Office of <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span> may participate as special <span class=\"dictionary\">counsel<\/span> in the multi-<span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">grand jury<\/span> proceedings and any <span class=\"dictionary\">prosecutions<\/span> arising therefrom. 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In any prosecution arising out of the multi-jurisdiction grand jury,\nthe attorney for the Commonwealth may also obtain the assistance of the special\ncounsel to the grand jury as a special assistant attorney for the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 543.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}