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Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia › Criminal Practice And Procedure › Part 3A - Criminal Practice And Procedure › Va. Sup. Ct. R. 3A:1

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These Rules govern criminal proceedings in circuit courts and juvenile and

domestic relations district courts (except proceedings concerning a child in a juvenile and

domestic relations district court) and before the magistrates defined in Rule 3A:2 except

for cases which have been returned to the general district court. Special statutes

applicable to practices and procedures in juvenile and domestic relations district courts

are incorporated herein by this reference and in such cases prevail over the general rule

set forth in Part 3A.

PART THREE A

CRIMINAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

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