                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFERRING FOR MENTAL EXAMINATION SENTENCE OF PERSON CONVICTED OF OFFENSE
INDICATING SEXUAL ABNORMALITY (§ 19.2-300)

In the case of the conviction in any circuit court of any person for any
criminal offense which indicates sexual abnormality, the trial judge may on his
own initiative, or shall upon application of the attorney for the Commonwealth,
the defendant, or counsel for defendant or other person acting for the
defendant, defer sentence until the report of a mental examination conducted as
provided in § 19.2-301 of the defendant can be secured to guide the judge in
determining what disposition shall be made of the defendant.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-278.2; 1950, p. 897; 1970, c. 62; 1975, c. 495; 1990,
c. 697.