On an indictment for felony the jury may find the accused not guilty of the felony but guilty of an attempt to commit such felony, or of being an accessory thereto; and a general verdict of not guilty, upon such indictment, shall be a bar to a subsequent prosecution for an attempt to commit such felony, or of being an accessory thereto.
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-286
Conviction of attempt or as accessory on indictment for felony; effect of general verdict of not guilty
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Thomas v. Com. (2010)
Most recently applied in Thomas v. Com. (January 2010)
Code 1950, § 19.1-254; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
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