Code of Virginia § 19.2-327.10:1. Petition for writ of actual innocence joined by Attorney General; release of prisoner; bond hearing.
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The Attorney General may join in a petition for a writ of actual innocence made pursuant to § 19.2-327.10 after providing written notice of such intent to the local attorney for the Commonwealth in the jurisdiction of conviction or adjudication of delinquency. When such petition is so joined, the petitioner may file a copy of the petition and attachments thereto and the Attorney General's answer with the circuit court that entered the felony conviction or adjudication of delinquency and move the court for a hearing to consider release of the person on bail pursuant to Chapter 9 (§ 19.2-119 et seq.).
Upon hearing and for good cause shown, the court may order the person released from custody subject to the terms and conditions of bail so established, pending a ruling by the Court of Appeals on the writ under § 19.2-327.13 .
2015, c. 66 ; 2020, cc. 993 , 994 ; 2023, c. 719 .