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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79731</law_id><section_number>19.2-265.4</section_number><catch_line>Failure to provide discovery</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="15">Trial and Its Incidents</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Miscellaneous Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> In any criminal <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> for a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> in a <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> or for a <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> brought on direct <span class="dictionary">indictment</span>, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall have a duty to adequately and fully provide <span class="dictionary">discovery</span> as provided under Rule 3A:11 of the Rules of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>. Rule 3A:11 shall be construed to apply to such <span class="dictionary">felony</span> and <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> <span class="dictionary">prosecutions</span>. This duty to disclose shall be continuing and shall apply to any additional <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> or <span class="dictionary">material</span> discovered by the Commonwealth prior to or during trial which is subject to <span class="dictionary">discovery</span> or inspection and has been previously requested by the <span class="dictionary">accused</span>. In any criminal <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> for a <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> by <span class="dictionary">trial de novo</span> in <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span>, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall have a duty to adequately and fully provide <span class="dictionary">discovery</span> as provided under Rule 7C:5 of the Rules of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>. <a id="paragraph-285718" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-265.4/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If at any time during the course of the proceedings it is brought to the attention of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> that the attorney for the Commonwealth has failed to comply with this section, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may <span class="dictionary">order</span> the Commonwealth to permit the <span class="dictionary">discovery</span> or inspection, grant a <span class="dictionary">continuance</span>, or prohibit the Commonwealth from introducing <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> not disclosed, or the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may enter such other <span class="dictionary">order</span> as it deems just under the circumstances. <a id="paragraph-285719" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-265.4/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 538; 1995, c. 504; 2004, c. 348.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
