                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ATTORNEY FOR THE COMMONWEALTH TO PROSECUTE CERTAIN CASES AND REPRESENT
COMMONWEALTH ON APPEAL (§ 16.1-232)

The attorney for the Commonwealth shall prosecute felony charges before the
juvenile court, unless relieved of such responsibility by order of the court. In
his discretion, the attorney for the Commonwealth may prosecute misdemeanor
charges before such court.
		The attorney for the Commonwealth shall represent the Commonwealth in all
cases appealed from the juvenile and domestic relations district court to the
circuit court.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 16.1-155; 1956, c. 555; 1977, c. 559; 1980, c. 530; 1991,
c. 262.