Bill Text: VA SB34 | 2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Bail hearings; motions relating to bail or condition of release must be held as soon as practicable.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-04-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0515) [SB34 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2014-SB34-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §19.2-158 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §19.2-158. When person not free on bail shall be informed of right to counsel and amount of bail. Every person charged with an offense described in §19.2-157,
who is not free on bail or otherwise, shall be brought before the judge of a
court not of record, unless the circuit court issues process commanding the
presence of the person, in which case the person shall be brought before the
circuit court, on the first day on which such court sits after the person is
charged, at which time the judge shall inform the accused of the amount of his
bail and his right to counsel. If the court not of record sits on a day
prior to the scheduled sitting of the court which issued process, the person
shall be brought before the court not of record. The court shall also hear
and consider motions by the person or Commonwealth relating to bail or
conditions of release pursuant to Article 1 (§19.2-119 et seq.) of Chapter 9
of this title. No hearing on the charges against the accused shall be had until the foregoing conditions have been complied with, and the accused shall be allowed a reasonable opportunity to employ counsel of his own choice, or, if appropriate, the statement of indigence provided for in §19.2-159 may be executed. |