Friday, September 5, 2008
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HB2162: Felonies; those considered accessories after the 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. Violation of this section is a separate and
distinct offense and is not a lesser-included offense of any other crime.
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