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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-283 How accused may be convicted of felony
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No person shall be convicted of felony, unless by his confession of guilt in court, or by his plea, or by the verdict of a jury, accepted and recorded by the court, or by judgment of the court trying the case without a jury according to law.
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-284 Proof of ownership in offense relating to property
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In a prosecution for an offense committed upon, relating to or affecting real estate, or for stealing, embezzling, destroying, injuring or fraudulently receiving or concealing any personal estate it shall be sufficient to prove that when the offense was committed the actual or co…
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-285 Accused guilty of part of offense charged; sentence; on new trial what tried
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If a person indicted of a felony be by the jury acquitted of part of the offense charged, he shall be sentenced for such part as he is so convicted of, if the same be substantially charged in the indictment, whether it be felony or misdemeanor. If the verdict be set aside and a n…
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-286 Conviction of attempt or as accessory on indictment for felony; effect of general verdict of not guilty
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On an indictment for felony the jury may find the accused not guilty of the felony but guilty of an attempt to commit such felony, or of being an accessory thereto; and a general verdict of not guilty, upon such indictment, shall be a bar to a subsequent prosecution for an attemp…