In accordance with the provisions of Article V, Section 12 of the Constitution of Virginia, the power to grant pardons or reprieves is vested in the Governor.
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-229
Powers vested in Governor
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Ohio Adult Parole Authority v. Woodard (1998)
Most recently applied in Cherrix v. Braxton (February 2000)
Code 1950, § 53-228; 1970, c. 648; 1982, c. 636; 2021, Sp
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.