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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86121</law_id><section_number>19.2-309</section_number><catch_line>Sentence of confinement for conviction of a combination of felony and misdemeanor offenses</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="18">Sentence; Judgment; Execution of Sentence</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When any person is convicted of a combination of <span class="dictionary">felony</span> and <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> <span class="dictionary">offenses</span> and sentenced to confinement therefor, in determining the sequence of confinement, the <span class="dictionary">felony</span> sentence and commitment shall take precedence and such person shall first be committed to serve the <span class="dictionary">felony</span> sentence.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-295; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
