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2021 Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 3 - Inchoate Offenses
§ 18.2-23.1. Completed substantive offense bars conviction for conspiracy

Universal Citation:
VA Code § 18.2-23.1 (2021)
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or of ยง 18.2-256, in any case where a defendant has been tried and convicted of an act he has also conspired to commit, such defendant shall be subject to conviction only for the completed substantive offense and not thereafter be convicted for the underlying conspiracy.

1985, c. 376.

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