In addition to the power and authority conferred by this chapter on courts not of record having criminal jurisdiction, each such court shall have power to conduct preliminary examinations of persons charged with crime within its jurisdiction in the manner prescribed in Chapter 7 (§ 19.2-71 et seq.) of Title 19.2.
Va. Code Ann. § 16.1-127
Courts may conduct preliminary examinations
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 52 Va. App. 690 - Wright v. Commonwealth (2008)
Most recently applied in 52 Va. App. 690 - Wright v. Commonwealth (October 2008)
1956, c. 555; 1960, c. 362.
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