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§ 18.2-40 Lynching deemed murder

Every lynching shall be deemed murder. Any and every person composing a mob and any and every accessory thereto, by which any person is lynched, shall be guilty of murder, and upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Article 1 (§ 18.2-30 et seq.) of this chapter.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 358; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.

Code 1950, § 18.1-29; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

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Court Decisions

Dalton v. Commonwealth (COA, 03/16/99)
. . . *329LEMONS, Judge, with whom Judges WILLIS, BRAY, OVERTON and BUMGARDNER, join, dissenting on Part I . . .

Paiz v. Commonwealth (COA, 08/25/09)
. . . 682 S.E.2d 71 (2009) . . .

Hernandez-Guerrero v. Commonwealth (COA, 08/16/05)
. . . 617 S.E.2d 410 (2005) . . .

Hertz v. Times-World Corporation (SCV, 04/21/00)
. . . JUSTICE KOONTZ, . . .

Lampkins v. Commonwealth (COA, 01/18/05)
. . . 607 S.E.2d 722 (2005) . . .

Rodriguez v. Commonwealth (COA, 03/25/03)
. . . 578 S.E.2d 78 (2003) . . .

Lamari Najek House v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 05/19/26)
. . . COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA . . .

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Amendment Attempts

HB1714: Assault and battery; serious bodily injury; penalty. (failed)

HB1773: Enhanced earned sentence credits; exemptions; firearm-related offense; felony conviction while a prisoner. (failed)

HB2192: Enhanced earned sentence credits; repeals four-level classification system. (failed)

HB2310: Use of communications system to expose sexual or genital parts to a child; penalty. (passed)

HB2456: Discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints; violent felony offenses. (failed)

HB2491: Assault and battery; serious bodily injury, penalty. (failed)

HB2576: Geriatric prisoners; conditional release. (failed)

SB1071: Enhanced earned sentence credits; exemptions, felony drug offenses. (failed)

SB1080: Earned sentence credits; inchoate offenses, concurrent and consecutive sentences. (failed)

SB1334: Juvenile and domestic relations district court; preliminary hearing, violent juvenile felony. (failed)

HB244: Robbery; conforms certain provisions of Code to degrees of robbery offenses.

HB251: Assault and battery; creates Class 6 felony for serious bodily injury. (failed)

HB853: Petition for modification of a sentence; eligibility, procedures, report. (failed)

HB1162: State correctional facilities; required education or vocational training. (failed)

HB1326: Geriatric prisoners; conditional release, Parole Board shall promulgate regulations.

SB209: Geriatric prisoners; conditional release.

SB634: Petition for modification of a sentence; eligibility, procedures, report. (failed)