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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-180 — Sentence or trial of prisoner when restored to sanity
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 11: Proceedings on Question of Insanity, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-180
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.
When a prisoner whose trial or sentence was suspended by reason of his being found to be insane or feebleminded, has been found to be mentally competent and is brought from a hospital and committed to jail, if already convicted, he shall be sentenced, and if not, the court shall proceed to try him as if no delay had occurred on account of his insanity or feeblemindedness.
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