                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT SUSPENDED; WHEN PRISONER ADMITTED TO BAIL (§
8.01-665)

When the prisoner is remanded, the execution of the judgment shall not be
suspended by a petition for appeal or by a writ of error, or for the purpose of
applying for such writ. When he is ordered to be discharged, and the execution
of the judgment is suspended for the purpose of petitioning for appeal to the
Court of Appeals or applying for a writ of error from the Supreme Court, the
court making such suspending order may admit the prisoner to bail until the
expiration of the time allowed for filing a petition for appeal or applying for
the writ of error, or, in case the petition for appeal is filed or the writ of
error is allowed, until the decision of the Court of Appeals or the Supreme
Court thereon is duly certified.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-607; 1977, c. 617; 1984, c. 703.