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2022 Code of Virginia
Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 12 - Preliminary Hearing
§ 19.2-190.2. Withdrawal of privately retained counsel

Universal Citation:
VA Code § 19.2-190.2 (2022)
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A privately retained counsel in any criminal case may, pursuant to the terms of a written agreement between the attorney and the client, withdraw from representation of a client without leave of court after certification of a charge by a district court by providing written notice of the withdrawal to the client, the attorney for the Commonwealth, and the circuit court within 10 days of the certification of the charge.

2017, c. 774.

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