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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-183 Examination of witnesses; assistance of counsel; evidentiary matters and remedies; power to adjourn case
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A. The judge before whom any person is brought for an offense shall, as soon as may be practical, in the presence of such person, examine on oath the witnesses for and against him. Before conducting the hearing or accepting a waiver of the hearing, the judge shall advise the accu…
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-183.1 Joint preliminary hearings
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Upon motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth, preliminary hearings for persons alleged to have participated in contemporaneous and related acts or occurrences or in a series of such acts or occurrences constituting an offense or offenses may be heard jointly if jurisdiction o…
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-184 Witnesses may be separated (Subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:615 derived in part from this section)
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While a witness is under such examination all other witnesses may by order of the judge be excluded from the place of examination and kept separate from each other.
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-185 Testimony may be reduced to writing and subscribed
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When the judge deems it proper the testimony of the witnesses may be reduced to writing, and, if required by him, shall be signed by them respectively. The judge of the court of record to which the case may be or has been certified may order the testimony of the witnesses at the …