Virginia statute

Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-286 — Conviction of attempt or as accessory on indictment for felony; effect of general verdict of not guilty

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 1: Proof and Verdicts, Code of Virginia.

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-286

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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-286Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session

On an indictment for felony the jury may find the accused not guilty of the felony but guilty of an attempt to commit such felony, or of being an accessory thereto; and a general verdict of not guilty, upon such indictment, shall be a bar to a subsequent prosecution for an attempt to commit such felony, or of being an accessory thereto.

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