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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-409 — Exclusion of pretrial appeal period from time within which accused must be tried; reconsideration of issues after conviction
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 25: Appeals by the Commonwealth, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-409
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.
This section applies only to pretrial appeals. The provisions of § 19.2-243 shall not apply to the period of time commencing when the Commonwealth's notice of pretrial appeal is filed pursuant to this chapter and ending 60 days after the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court issues its mandate disposing of the pretrial appeal. Such finality of the Court of Appeals' decision shall not preclude a defendant, if he is convicted, from requesting the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court on direct appeal to reconsider an issue which was the subject of the pretrial appeal.
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