Code of Virginia - Title 19.2 Criminal Procedure - Section 19.2-318 Appeal on writ of error to judgment for contempt

§ 19.2-318. Appeal on writ of error to judgment for contempt

From a judgment for any civil contempt of court an appeal may be taken to the Court of Appeals. A writ of error shall lie from the Court of Appeals to a judgment for criminal contempt of court. This section shall also be construed to authorize an appeal from or writ of error to a judgment of a circuit court rendered on appeal from a judgment of a district court for civil or criminal contempt.

(Code 1950, § 19.1-283; 1960, c. 366; 1968, c. 639; 1975, c. 495; 1979, c. 649; 1984, c. 703.)

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