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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54853</law_id><section_number>19.2-327.12</section_number><catch_line>Determination by Court of Appeals for findings of fact by the circuit court</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-327.11</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="19.3">Issuance of Writ of Actual Innocence Based on Nonbiological Evidence</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span> determines from the <span class="dictionary">petition</span>, from any <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> on the <span class="dictionary">petition</span>, from a review of the records of the case, or from any response from the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span> that a resolution of the case requires further development of the <span class="dictionary">facts</span>, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may <span class="dictionary">order</span> the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> or the adjudication of delinquency was originally entered to conduct a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> within 90 days after the <span class="dictionary">order</span> has been issued to certify <span class="dictionary">findings</span> of <span class="dictionary">fact</span> with respect to such <span class="dictionary">issues</span> as the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span> shall direct. The record and certified <span class="dictionary">findings</span> of <span class="dictionary">fact</span> of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall be filed in the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span> within 30 days after the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> is concluded. The petitioner or his attorney of record, the attorney for the Commonwealth and the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span> shall be served a copy of the <span class="dictionary">order</span> stating the specific purpose and <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> for which the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> has been ordered.</p></section></text><history>2004, c. 1024; 2013, c. 170.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
