Va. Code § 19.2-286

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845

Section 19.2-286 - Conviction of attempt or as accessory on indictment for felony; effect of general verdict of not guilty

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.

Va. Code § 19.2-286

Code 1950, § 19.1-254; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.

Amended by Acts 1975, § c. 495.

Amended by Acts 1960, § c. 366.