Virginia criminal code — article
Article 1: Homicide
Article 1 of Chapter 4: Crimes Against the Person, Code of Virginia. Statutory text on each section page is current through the legislative session it names.
Sections of Article 1
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-30 — Murder and manslaughter declared felonies
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-31 — Aggravated murder defined; punishment
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-32 — First and second degree murder defined; punishment
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-32.1 — Murder of a pregnant woman; penalty
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-32.2 — Killing a fetus; penalty
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-32.3 — Human infant; independent and separate existence
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-33 — Felony homicide defined; punishment
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-34 — Reserved
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-35 — How voluntary manslaughter punished
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-36 — How involuntary manslaughter punished
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-36.1 — Certain conduct punishable as involuntary manslaughter
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-36.2 — Involuntary manslaughter; operating a watercraft while under the influence; penalties
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-36.3 — Involuntary manslaughter; certain drug offenses
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-37 — How and where homicide prosecuted and punished if death occur without the Commonwealth
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-37.1 — Certain matters not to constitute defenses
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