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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 427 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. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1993, chapter 295.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":168569,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84227,"identifier":"19.2-182.12","token":"19.2\/11.1\/19.2-182.12","url":"\/19.2-182.12\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-182.12\/","token":"19.2\/11.1\/19.2-182.12","dublin_core":{"Title":"Representation of Commonwealth and acquittee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-182.12","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The attorney for the Commonwealth shall represent the Commonwealth in all proceedings held pursuant to this chapter. The court<\/span> shall appoint counsel<\/span> for the acquittee unless the acquittee waives<\/span> his right to counsel<\/span>. The court<\/span> shall consider appointment of the person who represented the acquittee at the last proceeding.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPRESENTATION OF COMMONWEALTH AND ACQUITTEE (\u00a7 19.2-182.12)\n\nThe attorney for the Commonwealth shall represent the Commonwealth in all\nproceedings held pursuant to this chapter. The court shall appoint counsel for\nthe acquittee unless the acquittee waives his right to counsel. The court shall\nconsider appointment of the person who represented the acquittee at the last\nproceeding.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 427; 1993, c. 295.","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}}