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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351343</law_id><section_number>19.2-167</section_number><catch_line>Accused not to be tried while insane or feebleminded</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-243</reference><reference>19.2-271.6</reference><reference>37.2-1102</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="54" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="14" identifier="11">Proceedings on Question of Insanity</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No person shall, while he is insane or feebleminded, be tried for a criminal <span class="dictionary">offense</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-227; 1960, c. 366; 1964, c. 231; 1968, c. 789; 1975, c. 495.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Steven McCalla v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>1630244</case_number><citation></citation><date>2026-05-12</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10857519/steven-mccalla-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Ci'yante Arcorey Wingate, s/k/a Ci'yante Arcorey Atavius .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>1347254</case_number><citation></citation><date>2026-07-14</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10927582/ciyante-arcorey-wingate-ska-ciyante-arcorey-atavius-wingate-v/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Snurkowski v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>Record No. 0203-85</case_number><citation>348 S.E.2d 1</citation><date>1986-07-15</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1341807/snurkowski-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 348 S.E.2d 1 (1986) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="3"><name>Snurkowski v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>Record No. 0203-85</case_number><citation>341 S.E.2d 667</citation><date>1986-03-18</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1245985/snurkowski-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 341 S.E.2d 667 (1986) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="4"><name>Shifflett v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>Record 800535</case_number><citation>274 S.E.2d 305</citation><date>1981-01-16</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1299101/shifflett-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 274 S.E.2d 305 (1981) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
