Code of Virginia - Title 19.2 Criminal Procedure - Chapter 11 Proceedings On Question Of Insanity

• 19.2-167 Accused not to be tried while insane or feebleminded
  No person shall, while he is insane or feebleminded, be tried for a criminal offense. (Code 1950, § 19.1-227; 1960, c. 366; 1964, c. 231; ...
• 19.2-168 Notice to Commonwealth of intention to present evidence of insanity; continuance if notice not give...
  In any case in which a person charged with a crime intends (i) to put in issue his sanity at the time of the crime ...
• 19.2-168.1 Evaluation on motion of the Commonwealth after notice
  A. If the attorney for the defendant gives notice pursuant to § 19.2-168, and the Commonwealth thereafter seeks an evaluation of the defendant's sanity at ...
• 19.2-169 Description unavailable
  Repealed by Acts 1982, c. 653. ...
• 19.2-169.1 Raising question of competency to stand trial or plead; evaluation and determination of competenc...
  A. Raising competency issue; appointment of evaluators. - If, at any time after the attorney for the defendant has been retained or appointed and before ...
• 19.2-169.2 Disposition when defendant found incompetent
  A. Upon finding pursuant to subsection E of § 19.2-169.1 that the defendant, including a juvenile transferred pursuant to § 16.1-269.1, is incompetent, the court ...
• 19.2-169.3 Disposition of the unrestorably incompetent defendant; capital murder charge; referral to Commitmen...
  A. If, at any time after the defendant is ordered to undergo treatment pursuant to subsection A of § 19.2-169.2, the director of the community ...
• 19.2-169.4 Litigating certain issues when the defendant is incompetent
  A finding of incompetency does not preclude the adjudication, at any time before trial, of a motion objecting to the sufficiency of the indictment, nor ...
• 19.2-169.5 Evaluation of sanity at the time of the offense; disclosure of evaluation results
  A. Raising issue of sanity at the time of offense; appointment of evaluators. - If, at any time before trial, the court finds, upon hearing ...
• 19.2-169.6 Emergency treatment prior to trial
  A. Any defendant who is not subject to the provisions of § 19.2-169.2 may be hospitalized for psychiatric treatment prior to trial if: 1. The ...
• 19.2-169.7 Disclosure by defendant during evaluation or treatment; use at guilt phase of trial
  No statement or disclosure by the defendant concerning the alleged offense made during a competency evaluation ordered pursuant to § 19.2-169.1, a mental state at ...
• 19.2-170 through 19.2-174
  Repealed by Acts 1982, c. 653. ...
• 19.2-174.1 Information required prior to admission to a mental health facility
  Prior to any person being placed into the custody of the Commissioner for evaluation or treatment pursuant to §§ 19.2-169.2, 19.2-169.3, 19.2-169.6, 19.2-176, 19.2-177.1, 19.2-182.2, ...
• 19.2-175 Compensation of experts
  Each psychiatrist, clinical psychologist or other expert appointed by the court to render professional service pursuant to §§ 19.2-168.1, 19.2-169.1, 19.2-169.5, subsection A of § ...
• 19.2-176 Determination of insanity after conviction but before sentence; hearing
  A. If, after conviction and before sentence of any person, the judge presiding at the trial finds reasonable ground to question such person's mental state, ...
• 19.2-177 Description unavailable
  Repealed by Acts 1988, cc. 787, 873. ...
• 19.2-177.1 Determination of mental illness after sentencing; hearing
  A person convicted of a crime who is in the custody of a local correctional facility after sentencing may be the subject of a commitment ...
• 19.2-178 Where prisoner kept when no vacancy in facility or hospital
  When a court shall have entered any of the orders provided for in §§ 19.2-168.1, 19.2-169.1, 19.2-169.5, 19.2-169.6, 19.2-176, or § 19.2-177.1, the sheriff of ...
• 19.2-179 Description unavailable
  Repealed by Acts 1981, c. 310. ...
• 19.2-180 Sentence or trial of prisoner when restored to sanity
  When a prisoner whose trial or sentence was suspended by reason of his being found to be insane or feebleminded, has been found to be ...
• 19.2-181 Description unavailable
  Repealed by Acts 1991, c. 427. ...
• 19.2-182 Representation by counsel in proceeding for commitment
  A. In any proceeding for commitment under this title, the judge before whom or upon whose order the proceeding is being held, shall ascertain if ...
• 19.2-182.1 Description unavailable
  Repealed by Acts 1982, c. 653. ...

Last modified: April 3, 2009