Virginia Statutes
§ 19.2-255 — Defendant allowed to plead several matters of law or fact
Virginia § 19.2-255
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 19.2CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Ch. 15TRIAL AND ITS INCIDENTS
Art. 3ARRAIGNMENT; PLEAS; TRIAL WITHOUT JURY
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-255 (2026).
Text
The defendant in any criminal prosecution may plead as many several matters, whether of law or fact, as he shall think necessary, and he may file pleas in bar at the same time with pleas in abatement, or within a reasonable time thereafter; but the issues on the pleas in abatement shall be first tried.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 19.1-242; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
Nearby Sections
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Bluebook (online)
Virginia § 19.2-255, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/19.2/19.2-255.