At any time prior to commencement of the adjudicatory hearing, a juvenile fourteen years of age or older charged with an offense which if committed by an adult could be punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility, with the written consent of his counsel, may elect in writing to waive the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and have his case transferred to the appropriate circuit court, in which event his case shall thereafter be dealt with in the same manner as if he had been transferred pursuant to this article.
Va. Code Ann. § 16.1-270
Waiver of jurisdiction of juvenile court in certain cases
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 26 Va. App. 746 - Winston v. Commonwealth (1998)
Most recently applied in Commonwealth v. Willingham (February 2001)
Code 1950, § 16.1-176.2; 1973, c. 440; 1977, c. 559; 1994, cc. 859, 949.
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