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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-327.2 Issuance of writ of actual innocence based on biological evidence
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule of court, upon a petition of a person who was convicted of a felony or who was adjudicated delinquent by a circuit court of an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult, the Supreme Court shall have the authority to…
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-327.2:1 Petition for writ of actual innocence joined by Attorney General; release of prisoner; bond hearing
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The Attorney General may join in a petition for a writ of actual innocence made pursuant to § 19.2-327.2. When such petition is so joined, the petitioner may file a copy of the petition and attachments thereto and the Attorney General's answer with the circuit court that entered …
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-327.3 Contents and form of the petition based on previously unknown or untested human biological evidence of actual innocence
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A. The petitioner shall allege categorically and with specificity, under oath, the following: (i) the crime for which the petitioner was convicted or the offense for which the petitioner was adjudicated delinquent; (ii) that the petitioner is actually innocent of the crime for wh…
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-327.4 Determination by the Supreme Court for findings of fact by the circuit court
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If the Supreme Court determines from the petition, from any hearing on the petition, from a review of the records of the case, including the record of any hearing on a motion to test evidence pursuant to § 9.1-1104, or from any response from the Attorney General that a resolution…