Code of Virginia - Title 19.2 Criminal Procedure - Chapter 19.2 Issuance Of Writ Of Actual Innocence

• 19.2-327.2 Issuance of writ of actual innocence
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule of court, upon a petition of a person incarcerated who was convicted of a felony upon a ...
• 19.2-327.3 Contents and form of the petition based on previously unknown or untested human biological evidenc...
  A. The petitioner shall allege categorically and with specificity, under oath, the following: (i) the crime for which the petitioner was convicted, and that such ...
• 19.2-327.4 Determination by the Supreme Court for findings of fact by the circuit court
  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 ...
• 19.2-327.5 Relief under writ
  Upon consideration of the petition, the response by the Commonwealth, previous records of the case, the record of any hearing held under this chapter and ...
• 19.2-327.6 Claims of relief
  An action under this chapter or the performance of any attorney representing the petitioner under this chapter shall not form the basis for relief in ...

Last modified: April 3, 2009