                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VENUE WHEN MORTAL WOUND, ETC., INFLICTED IN ONE COUNTY AND DEATH ENSUES IN
ANOTHER (§ 19.2-248)

If a mortal wound, or other violence or injury, be inflicted, or poison
administered in one county or city, and death ensues therefrom in another county
or city, the offense may be prosecuted in either.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-223; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.