When any person is convicted of a combination of felony and misdemeanor offenses and sentenced to confinement therefor, in determining the sequence of confinement, the felony sentence and commitment shall take precedence and such person shall first be committed to serve the felony sentence.
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-309
Sentence of confinement for conviction of a combination of felony and misdemeanor offenses
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Commonwealth v. Demille (2009)
Most recently applied in Commonwealth v. Demille (February 2009)
Code 1950, § 19.1-295; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
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