Code of Virginia - Title 18.2 Crimes And Offenses Generally - Chapter 1 In General

18.2-1 Repealing clause
All acts and parts of acts, all sections of this Code, and all provisions of municipal charters, inconsistent with the provisions of this title, are, ...

18.2-2 Effect of repeal of Title 18.1 and enactment of this title
The repeal of Title 18.1, effective as of October 1, 1975, shall not affect any act or offense done or committed, or any penalty or ...

18.2-3 Certain notices, recognizances and processes validated
Any notice given, recognizance taken, or process or writ issued before October 1, 1975, shall be valid although given, taken or to be returned to ...

18.2-4 References to former sections, articles and chapters of Title 18.1 and others
Whenever in this title any of the conditions, requirements, provisions or contents of any section, article or chapter of Title 18.1 or any other title ...

18.2-5 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2005, c. 839, cl. 10, effective October 1, 2005. ...

18.2-6 Meaning of certain terms
As used in this title: The word "court," unless otherwise clearly indicated by the context in which it appears, shall mean and include any court ...

18.2-7 Criminal act not to merge civil remedy
The commission of a crime shall not stay or merge any civil remedy. (Code 1950, § 18.1-7; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.) ...

18.2-8 Felonies, misdemeanors and traffic infractions defined
Offenses are either felonies or misdemeanors. Such offenses as are punishable with death or confinement in a state correctional facility are felonies; all other offenses ...

18.2-9 Classification of criminal offenses
(1) Felonies are classified, for the purposes of punishment and sentencing, into six classes: (a) Class 1 felony (b) Class 2 felony (c) Class 3 ...

18.2-10 Punishment for conviction of felony; penalty
The authorized punishments for conviction of a felony are: (a) For Class 1 felonies, death, if the person so convicted was 18 years of age ...

18.2-11 Punishment for conviction of misdemeanor
The authorized punishments for conviction of a misdemeanor are: (a) For Class 1 misdemeanors, confinement in jail for not more than twelve months and a ...

18.2-12 Same; where no punishment or maximum punishment prescribed
A misdemeanor for which no punishment or no maximum punishment is prescribed by statute shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. (Code 1950, § ...

18.2-12.1 Mandatory minimum punishment; definition
"Mandatory minimum" wherever it appears in this Code means, for purposes of imposing punishment upon a person convicted of a crime, that the court shall ...

18.2-13 Same; by reference
Where a statute in this Code prescribes punishment by stating that the offense is a misdemeanor, or that it is punishable as provided for in ...

18.2-14 How unclassified offenses punished
Offenses defined in Title 18.2 and in other titles in the Code, for which punishment is prescribed without specification as to the class of the ...

18.2-15 Place of punishment
Imprisonment for conviction of a felony shall be by confinement in a state correctional facility, unless in Class 5 and Class 6 felonies the jury ...

18.2-16 How common-law offenses punished
A common-law offense, for which punishment is prescribed by statute, shall be punished only in the mode so prescribed. (Code 1950, § 18.1-8; 1960, c. ...

18.2-17 When capital punishment inflicted
No crime shall be punished with death unless it be authorized by statute. (Code 1950, § 18.1-10; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.) ...