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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84227</law_id><section_number>19.2-182.12</section_number><catch_line>Representation of Commonwealth and acquittee</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11.1">Disposition of Persons Acquitted by Reason of Insanity</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The attorney for the Commonwealth shall represent the Commonwealth in all proceedings held pursuant to this chapter. The <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall appoint <span class="dictionary">counsel</span> for the acquittee unless the acquittee <span class="dictionary">waives</span> his right to <span class="dictionary">counsel</span>. The <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall consider appointment of the person who represented the acquittee at the last proceeding.</p></section></text><history>1991, c. 427; 1993, c. 295.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
