                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WEARING OF BODY ARMOR WHILE COMMITTING A CRIME; PENALTY (§ 18.2-287.2)

Any person who, while committing a crime of violence as defined in § 18.2-288
(2) or a felony violation of § 18.2-248 or subdivision (a) 2 or 3 of §
18.2-248.1, has in his possession a firearm or knife and is wearing body armor
designed to diminish the effect of the impact of a bullet or projectile shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 936; 1997, c. 311.