SECTION 19.2-327.2.1. Petition for writ of actual innocence joined by Attorney General; release of prisoner; bond hearing  


The Attorney General may join in a petition for a writ of actual innocence made pursuant to § 19.2-327.2 . When such petition is so joined, the petitioner may file a copy of the petition and attachments thereto and the Attorney General's answer with the circuit court that entered the felony conviction or adjudication of delinquency and move the court for a hearing to consider release of the person on bail pursuant to Chapter 9 (§ 19.2-327.2 et seq.). Upon hearing and for good cause shown, the court may order the person released from custody subject to the terms and conditions of bail so established, pending a ruling by the Supreme Court on the writ under § 19.2-327.2 .

2015, c. 19.2-327.2 ; 2020, cc. 19.2-327.2 , 19.2-327.2 .