Code of Virginia (Last Updated:July 28, 2020) |
TITLE 19.2. Criminal Procedure |
CHAPTER 15. Trial and Its Incidents |
ARTICLE 4. Trial By Jury |
SECTION 19.2-261. Charging grand jury in presence of person selected as juror |
The court shall not charge the grand jury in the presence of any person selected as a juror to try any person indicted by the said grand jury. A violation of this provision shall constitute reversible error in any criminal case tried by a jury composed of one or more such veniremen. Code 1950, § 8-208.20; 1973, c. 439; 1975, c. 495. |