Code of Virginia § 19.2-286. Conviction of attempt or as accessory on indictment for felony; effect of general verdict of not guilty.
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On an indictment for felony the jury may find the accused not guilty of the felony but guilty of an attempt to commit such felony, or of being an accessory thereto; and a general verdict of not guilty, upon such indictment, shall be a bar to a subsequent prosecution for an attempt to commit such felony, or of being an accessory thereto.
Code 1950, § 19.1-254; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.