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It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 358; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.<\/p>","references":[{"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\/"},{"id":80246,"section_number":"17.1-805","catch_line":"Adoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-805\/"},{"id":76539,"section_number":"18.2-53.1","catch_line":"Use or display of firearm in committing felony","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-53.1\/"},{"id":80860,"section_number":"19.2-163","catch_line":"Compensation of court-appointed counsel","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-163\/"},{"id":61280,"section_number":"19.2-392.02","catch_line":"National criminal background checks by businesses and organizations regarding employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-392.02\/"},{"id":63586,"section_number":"53.1-202.3","catch_line":"Rate at which sentence credits may be earned; prerequisites","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-202.3\/"},{"id":58640,"section_number":"53.1-40.02","catch_line":"Conditional release of terminally ill prisoners","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-40.02\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":164841,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69785,"identifier":"18.2-41","token":"18.2\/4\/2\/18.2-41","url":"\/18.2-41\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-41\/","token":"18.2\/4\/2\/18.2-41","dublin_core":{"Title":"Shooting, stabbing, etc., with intent to maim, kill, etc., by mob","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-41","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any and every person composing a mob which shall maliciously or unlawfully shoot, stab, cut or wound any person, or by any means cause him bodily injury with <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span> to maim, disable, disfigure or kill him, shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSHOOTING, STABBING, ETC., WITH INTENT TO MAIM, KILL, ETC., BY MOB (\u00a7 18.2-41)\n\nAny and every person composing a mob which shall maliciously or unlawfully\nshoot, stab, cut or wound any person, or by any means cause him bodily injury\nwith intent to maim, disable, disfigure or kill him, shall be guilty of a Class\n3 felony.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-30; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.","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}}