Bill Text: VA SB915 | 2015 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Indecent liberties; venue.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555) [SB915 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2015-SB915-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §18.2-359 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §18.2-359. Venue for criminal sexual assault or where any person transported for criminal sexual assault, attempted criminal sexual assault, or purposes of unlawful sexual intercourse, crimes against nature, and indecent liberties with children; venue for such crimes when coupled with a violent felony. A. Any person transporting or attempting to transport through
or across the Commonwealth any person for the purposes of unlawful sexual
intercourse, anal intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, or anilingus or
prostitution, or for the purpose of committing any crime specified in §
18.2-361 B. Venue for the trial of any person charged with committing
or attempting to commit any crime specified in §18.2-361 C. Venue for the trial of any person charged with committing or attempting to commit criminal sexual assault under Article 7 (§18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 against a person under 18 years of age may be had in the county or city in which such crime is alleged to have occurred or, when the county or city where the offense is alleged to have occurred cannot be determined, then in the county or city where the person under 18 years of age resided at the time of the offense. D. Venue for the trial of any person charged with committing
or attempting to commit (i) any crime specified in §18.2-361 |