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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-33 — Felony homicide defined; punishment
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 1: Homicide, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-33
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.
The killing of one accidentally, contrary to the intention of the parties, while in the prosecution of some felonious act other than those specified in §§ 18.2-31 and 18.2-32 , is murder of the second degree and is punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility for not less than five years nor more than forty years.
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