2010 Code of Virginia
Title 16.1 - COURTS NOT OF RECORD.
Chapter 11 - Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts (16.1-226 thru 16.1-361)
16.1-284 - When adult sentenced for juvenile offense.
§ 16.1-284. When adult sentenced for juvenile offense.
When the juvenile court sentences an adult who has committed, before attaining the age of eighteen, an offense which would be a crime if committed by an adult, the court may impose the penalties which are authorized to be imposed on adults for such violations, not to exceed the punishment for a Class 1 misdemeanor for a single offense or multiple offenses.
(Code 1950, § 16.1-177.1; 1956, c. 555; 1973, c. 440; 1977, c. 559; 1978, c. 142; 1980, c. 235; 1983, c. 336; 1985, c. 260; 1996, cc. 755, 914.)
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