                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES (SUBSECTION (A) OF SUPREME COURT RULE 2:615 DERIVED IN
PART FROM THIS SECTION AND SUBSECTION (C) OF SUPREME COURT RULE 2:615 DERIVED
FROM THIS SECTION) (§ 19.2-265.1)

In the trial of every criminal case, the court, whether a court of record or a
court not of record, may upon its own motion and shall upon the motion of either
the attorney for the Commonwealth or any defendant, require the exclusion of
every witness to be called, including, but not limited to, police officers or
other investigators; however, each defendant who is an individual and one
officer or agent of each defendant which is a corporation or association shall
be exempt from the rule of this section as a matter of right. Additionally, any
victim as defined in § 19.2-11.01 who is to be called as a witness shall be
exempt from the rule of this section as a matter of law unless, in accordance
with the provisions of § 19.2-265.01, his exclusion is otherwise required.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-211.1; 1966, c. 268; 1975, c. 652; 1977, c. 624; 1990,
c. 572; 2004, c. 311.