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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64428</law_id><section_number>19.2-182.8</section_number><catch_line>Revocation of conditional release</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-169.1</reference><reference>19.2-169.5</reference><reference>19.2-175</reference><reference>19.2-182.3</reference><reference>19.2-182.7</reference><reference>19.2-182.9</reference><reference>19.2-389</reference></referred_to_by><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>If at any time the <span class="dictionary">court</span> that released an acquittee pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Conditional release; criteria; conditions; reports" href="/19.2-182.7/">19.2-182.7</a> finds reasonable ground to believe that an acquittee on conditional release (i) has violated the conditions of his release or is no longer a proper subject for conditional release based on application of the criteria for conditional release and (ii) requires inpatient hospitalization, it may <span class="dictionary">order</span> an evaluation of the acquittee by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist, provided the psychiatrist or clinical psychologist is qualified by training and experience to perform forensic evaluations. If the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, based on the evaluation and after <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> evidence on the <span class="dictionary">issue</span>, finds by a <span class="dictionary">preponderance of the evidence</span> that an acquittee on conditional release (a) has violated the conditions of his release or is no longer a proper subject for conditional release based on application of the criteria for conditional release and (b) has mental illness or intellectual disability and requires inpatient hospitalization, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may revoke the acquittee&#x2019;s conditional release and <span class="dictionary">order</span> him returned to the <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of the Commissioner.
		At any <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> pursuant to this section, the acquittee shall be provided with adequate notice of the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, of the right to be present at the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, the right to the assistance of <span class="dictionary">counsel</span> in preparation for and during the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, and the right to introduce evidence and cross-examine witnesses at the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>. The <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> shall be scheduled on an expedited basis and shall be given priority over other civil matters before the <span class="dictionary">court</span>. Written notice of the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> shall be provided to the attorney for the Commonwealth for the committing <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. The <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> is a civil proceeding.</p></section></text><history>1991, c. 427; 1993, c. 295; 1996, cc. 937, 980; 2006, cc. 343, 369, 370; 2008, c. 810; 2012, cc. 476, 507.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
