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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-296 — Withdrawal of plea of guilty
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 1: General Provisions, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-296
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.
A motion to withdraw a plea of guilty or nolo contendere may be made only before sentence is imposed or imposition of a sentence is suspended; but to correct manifest injustice, the court within twenty-one days after entry of a final order may set aside the judgment of conviction and permit the defendant to withdraw his plea.
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