                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CENTRAL FILE OF AGGRAVATED MURDER INDICTMENTS (§ 19.2-217.1)

Upon the return by a grand jury of an indictment for aggravated murder and the
arrest of the defendant, the clerk of the circuit court in which such indictment
is returned shall forthwith file a certified copy of the indictment with the
clerk of the Supreme Court of Virginia. All such indictments shall be maintained
in a single place by the clerk of the Supreme Court, and shall be available to
members of the public upon request. Failure to comply with the provisions of
this section shall not be (i) a basis upon which an indictment may be quashed or
deemed invalid; (ii) deemed error upon which a conviction may be reversed or a
sentence vacated; or (iii) a basis upon which a court may prevent or delay
execution of a sentence.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 319; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344, 345.