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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76061</law_id><section_number>19.2-268.2</section_number><catch_line>Recent complaint hearsay exception (Subdivision (23) of Supreme Court Rule 2:803 derived from this section)</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="16">Evidence and Witnesses</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">In General</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Notwithstanding any other provision of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, in any <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> for criminal sexual <span class="dictionary">assault</span> under Article 7 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Rape" href="/18.2-61/">18.2-61</a> et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2, a violation of &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Crimes against nature; penalty" href="/18.2-361/">18.2-361</a>, <a class="law" title="Sexual intercourse by persons forbidden to marry; incest; penalties" href="/18.2-366/">18.2-366</a>, <a class="law" title="Taking indecent liberties with children; penalties" href="/18.2-370/">18.2-370</a> or &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Taking indecent liberties with child by person in custodial or supervisory relationship; penalties" href="/18.2-370.1/">18.2-370.1</a>, the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> that the person injured made complaint of the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> recently after commission of the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> is <span class="dictionary">admissible</span>, not as independent <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of the <span class="dictionary">offense</span>, but for the purpose of corroborating the <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> of the complaining <span class="dictionary">witness</span>.</p></section></text><history>1993, c. 592.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
