Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org5679818.2-16How common-law offenses punished2025Crimes and Offenses GenerallyIn GeneralClassification of Criminal Offenses and Punishment Therefor

A common-law offense, for which punishment is prescribed by statute, shall be punished only in the mode so prescribed.

Code 1950, § 18.1-8; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.