                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHO TO REPRESENT COMMONWEALTH; TRIAL BY JURY; APPEAL (§ 24.2-237)

The attorney for the Commonwealth shall represent the Commonwealth in all
proceedings under this article. If the proceeding is against the attorney for
the Commonwealth, the court shall appoint an attorney to represent the
Commonwealth. The Commonwealth and the officer shall be the only parties to the
action. Any officer proceeded against shall have the right to demand a trial by
jury. The Commonwealth and the officer shall each have the right to appeal to
the Court of Appeals upon the record made in the trial court and the Court of
Appeals shall consider and determine such cases.

HISTORY: 1975, cc. 515, 595, § 24.1-79.9; 1993, c. 641; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.
489; 2023, cc. 663, 664.