Virginia Code 19.2-255: Defendant allowed to plead several matters of law or fact.
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The defendant in any criminal prosecution may plead as many several matters, whether of law or fact, as he shall think necessary, and he may file pleas in bar at the same time with pleas in abatement, or within a reasonable time thereafter; but the issues on the pleas in abatement shall be first tried.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 19.2-255
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Code 1950, § 19.1-242; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.