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If the attorney for the Commonwealth deems it to be in the public interest, and the juvenile is fourteen years of age or older he may, within ten days after the juvenile court’s final decision to retain the case in accordance with subsection A of \u00a7 16.1-269.1, file a notice of appeal of the decision to the appropriate circuit court. A copy of such notice shall be furnished at the same time to the counsel for the juvenile.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":311946,"text":"If a case is not transferred following a transfer hearing or is not certified following a probable cause hearing, the judge who conducted the hearing shall not, over the objection of any interested party, preside at the adjudicatory hearing on the petition, but rather it shall be presided over by another judge of that court. If the attorney for the Commonwealth deems it to be in the public interest, and the juvenile is fourteen years of age or older he may, within ten days after the juvenile court’s final decision to retain the case in accordance with subsection A of \u00a7 16.1-269.1, file a notice of appeal of the decision to the appropriate circuit court. 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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 859<\/a> and 949<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1996, chapters 755<\/a> and 914<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72657,"section_number":"16.1-269.6","catch_line":"Circuit court hearing; jury; termination of juvenile court jurisdiction; objections and appeals","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-269.6\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66829,"section_number":"16.1-269.1","catch_line":"Trial in circuit court; preliminary hearing; direct indictment; remand","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-269.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":161687,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87118,"identifier":"16.1-269.3","token":"16.1\/11\/7\/16.1-269.3","url":"\/16.1-269.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-269.3\/","token":"16.1\/11\/7\/16.1-269.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Retention by juvenile court; appeal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-269.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a case is not transferred following a transfer hearing<\/span> or is not certified following a probable cause<\/span> hearing<\/span>, the judge<\/span> who conducted the hearing<\/span> shall not, over the objection of any interested party<\/span>, preside at the adjudicatory hearing<\/span> on the petition<\/span>, but rather it shall be presided over by another judge of that court. If the attorney for the Commonwealth deems it to be in the public interest, and the juvenile is fourteen years of age or older he may, within ten days after the juvenile court<\/span>’s final decision to retain the case in accordance with subsection A of \u00a7 16.1-269.1<\/a>, file a notice of appeal<\/span> of the decision to the appropriate circuit<\/span> court. A copy of such notice shall be furnished at the same time to the counsel<\/span> for the juvenile.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRETENTION BY JUVENILE COURT; APPEAL (\u00a7 16.1-269.3)\n\nIf a case is not transferred following a transfer hearing or is not certified\nfollowing a probable cause hearing, the judge who conducted the hearing shall\nnot, over the objection of any interested party, preside at the adjudicatory\nhearing on the petition, but rather it shall be presided over by another judge\nof that court. If the attorney for the Commonwealth deems it to be in the public\ninterest, and the juvenile is fourteen years of age or older he may, within ten\ndays after the juvenile court’s final decision to retain the case in\naccordance with subsection A of \u00a7 16.1-269.1, file a notice of appeal of the\ndecision to the appropriate circuit court. A copy of such notice shall be\nfurnished at the same time to the counsel for the juvenile.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, cc. 859, 949; 1996, cc. 755, 914.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}