Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-35

How voluntary manslaughter punished

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 49 Va. App. 115 - Alston v. Commonwealth (2006)

Most recently applied in Lee v. Clarke (March 2015)

Code 1950, § 18.1-24; 1960, c. 358; 1972, cc. 14, 15.

Voluntary manslaughter is punishable as a Class 5 felony.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.