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HB180: Felonies; increase in penalty for all accessories after fact.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-19 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-19. How accessories after the fact punished; certain exceptions.
In the case of every felony, every accessory after the fact shall
be is guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor; provided, however, no person in the relation of husband or wife,
parent or grandparent, child or grandchild, brother or sister, by consanguinity
or affinity, or servant to the offender, who, after the commission of a felony,
shall aid or assist a principal felon or accessory before the fact to avoid or
escape from prosecution or punishment, shall be deemed an accessory after the
fact. 6 felony.
2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to § 30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is at least $2,442,521 for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities and cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
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