                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FELONY HOMICIDE DEFINED; PUNISHMENT (§ 18.2-33)

The killing of one accidentally, contrary to the intention of the parties, while
in the prosecution of some felonious act other than those specified in §§
18.2-31 and 18.2-32, is murder of the second degree and is punishable by
confinement in a state correctional facility for not less than five years nor
more than forty years.

HISTORY: 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1999, c. 282.