Chapter 12 Preliminary Hearing

This chapter is comprised of the following sections:
  • §19.2-183 Examination of witnesses; assistance of counsel; evidentiary matters and remedies; power to adjourn case
  • §19.2-183.1 Joint preliminary hearings
  • §19.2-184 Witnesses may be separated (Subsection (a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:615 derived in part from this section)
  • §19.2-185 Testimony may be reduced to writing and subscribed
  • §19.2-186 When accused to be discharged, tried, committed or bailed by judge
  • §19.2-187 Admission into evidence of certain certificates of analysis
  • §19.2-187.01 Certificate of analysis as evidence of chain of custody of material described therein
  • §19.2-187.02 Admissibility of written reports or records of blood alcohol tests conducted in the regular course of providing emergency medical treatment
  • §19.2-187.1 Procedures for notifying accused of certificate of analysis; waiver; continuances
  • §19.2-187.2 Procedure for subpoena duces tecum of analysis evidence
  • §19.2-188 Reports by Chief Medical Examiner received as evidence
  • §19.2-188.1 Testimony regarding identification of controlled substances
  • §19.2-188.2 Certificate of surgeon as evidence
  • §19.2-188.3 Admissibility of affidavits by government officials regarding a search of government records (Subdivision (10)(b) of Supreme Court Rule 2:803 derived from this section)
  • §19.2-188.4 Two-way video testimony related to certain forensic medical examinations
  • §19.2-189 Commitment of accused for further examination
  • §19.2-190 To whom, and when, examination and recognizance to be certified
  • §19.2-190.1 Certification of ancillary misdemeanor offenses
  • §19.2-190.2 Withdrawal of privately retained counsel