Article 1 Homicide

This article is comprised of the following sections:
  • §18.2-30 Murder and manslaughter declared felonies
  • §18.2-31 Aggravated murder defined; punishment
  • §18.2-32 First and second degree murder defined; punishment
  • §18.2-32.1 Murder of a pregnant woman; penalty
  • §18.2-32.2 Killing a fetus; penalty
  • §18.2-32.3 Human infant; independent and separate existence
  • §18.2-33 Felony homicide defined; punishment
  • §18.2-34 Reserved
  • §18.2-35 How voluntary manslaughter punished
  • §18.2-36 How involuntary manslaughter punished
  • §18.2-36.1 Certain conduct punishable as involuntary manslaughter
  • §18.2-36.2 Involuntary manslaughter; operating a watercraft while under the influence; penalties
  • §18.2-36.3 Involuntary manslaughter; certain drug offenses
  • §18.2-37 How and where homicide prosecuted and punished if death occur without the Commonwealth
  • §18.2-37.1 Certain matters not to constitute defenses