                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MANDATORY MINIMUM PUNISHMENT; DEFINITION (§ 18.2-12.1)

&#8220;Mandatory minimum&#8221; wherever it appears in this Code means, for
purposes of imposing punishment upon a person convicted of a crime, that the
court shall impose the entire term of confinement, the full amount of the fine
and the complete requirement of community service prescribed by law. The court
shall not suspend in full or in part any punishment described as mandatory
minimum punishment.

HISTORY: 2004, c. 461.