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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-268.2 — Recent complaint hearsay exception (Subdivision (23) of Supreme Court Rule 2:803 derived from this section)
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 1: In General, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-268.2
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.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any prosecution for criminal sexual assault under Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2, a violation of §§ 18.2-361 , 18.2-366 , 18.2-370 or § 18.2-370.1 , the fact that the person injured made complaint of the offense recently after commission of the offense is admissible, not as independent evidence of the offense, but for the purpose of corroborating the testimony of the complaining witness.
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