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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63439</law_id><section_number>19.2-324.1</section_number><catch_line>Erroneously admitted evidence; appeal</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="19">Exceptions and Writs of Error</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In <span class="dictionary">appeals</span> to the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span> or the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>, when a challenge to a <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> rests on a claim that the <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> was insufficient because the <span class="dictionary">trial</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> improperly admitted <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>, the reviewing <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall consider all <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> admitted at <span class="dictionary">trial</span> to determine whether there is sufficient <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> to <span class="dictionary">sustain</span> the <span class="dictionary">conviction</span>. If the reviewing <span class="dictionary">court</span> determines that <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> was erroneously admitted and that such error was not harmless, the case shall be remanded for a new <span class="dictionary">trial</span> if the Commonwealth elects to have a new <span class="dictionary">trial</span>.</p></section></text><history>2013, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
