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2016 Code of Virginia
Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 19.2-8.1. Prosecution for murder or manslaughter; passage of time not a limitation

VA Code § 19.2-8.1 (2016) What's This?

A prosecution for murder or manslaughter, whether at common law or under the Code of Virginia, may be instituted regardless of the time elapsed between the act or omission causing the death of the victim and the death of the victim.

2009, c. 278.

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