                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN ACCUSED TO BE DISCHARGED, TRIED, COMMITTED OR BAILED BY JUDGE (§ 19.2-186)

The judge shall discharge the accused if he considers that there is not
sufficient cause for charging him with the offense.
		If a judge considers that there is sufficient cause only to charge the accused
with an offense which the judge has jurisdiction to try, then he shall try the
accused for such offense and convict him if he deems him guilty and pass
judgment upon him in accordance with law just as if the accused had first been
brought before him on a warrant charging him with such offense.
		If a judge considers that there is sufficient cause to charge the accused with
an offense that he does not have jurisdiction to try then he shall certify the
case to the appropriate court having jurisdiction and shall commit the accused
to jail or let him to bail pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 (§ 19.2-119
et seq.) of Chapter 9 of this title.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-106; 1960, c. 366; 1968, c. 639; 1973, c. 485; 1975,
c. 495; 1999, cc. 829, 846.