Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-16

How common-law offenses punished

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Ciminelli v. Cablevision (1984)

Most recently applied in United States v. Joseph Williams (March 2023)

Code 1950, § 18.1-8; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

A common-law offense, for which punishment is prescribed by statute, shall be punished only in the mode so prescribed.

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