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2019 Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 4 - Crimes Against the Person
§ 18.2-33. Felony homicide defined; punishment
Universal Citation: VA Code § 18.2-33 (2019)
The killing of one accidentally, contrary to the intention of the parties, while in the prosecution of some felonious act other than those specified in ยงยง 18.2-31 and 18.2-32, is murder of the second degree and is punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility for not less than five years nor more than forty years.
1975, cc. 14, 15; 1999, c. 282.
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