2006 Code of Virginia § 19.2-180 - Sentence or trial of prisoner when restored to sanity
19.2-180. Sentence or trial of prisoner when restored to sanity.
When a prisoner whose trial or sentence was suspended by reason of his beingfound to be insane or feebleminded, has been found to be mentally competentand is brought from a hospital and committed to jail, if already convicted,he shall be sentenced, and if not, the court shall proceed to try him as ifno delay had occurred on account of his insanity or feeblemindedness.
(Code 1950, 19.1-238; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.)
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