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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77418</law_id><section_number>18.2-30</section_number><catch_line>Murder and manslaughter declared felonies</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-260</reference><reference>18.2-40</reference><reference>18.2-461</reference><reference>18.2-462</reference><reference>18.2-67.4:1</reference><reference>19.2-215.1</reference><reference>19.2-288</reference><reference>19.2-297.1</reference><reference>19.2-83.1</reference><reference>22.1-3.3</reference><reference>4.1-225</reference><reference>53.1-131.2</reference><reference>53.1-202.3</reference><reference>53.1-38</reference><reference>53.1-40.02</reference><reference>53.1-62</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Crimes Against the Person</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Homicide</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who commits aggravated <span class="dictionary">murder</span>, <span class="dictionary">murder</span> of the first degree, <span class="dictionary">murder</span> of the second degree, voluntary manslaughter, or <span class="dictionary">involuntary manslaughter</span>, is guilty of a <span class="dictionary">felony</span>.</p></section></text><history>1975, cc. 14, 15; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344, 345.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
