Virginia Code
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-30 (2026)
Murder and manslaughter declared felonies
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Any person who commits aggravated murder, murder of the first degree, murder of the second degree, voluntary manslaughter, or involuntary manslaughter, is guilty of a felony.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1977–2022 · leading case: Winston v. Com., 604 S.E.2d 21 (Va. 2004).
Winston v. Com., 604 S.E.2d 21 (Va. 2004). “Proceedings Below On June 9-13, 2003, Leon Jermain Winston was tried before a jury in the Circuit Court of the City of Lynchburg on indictments charging the capital murder of Anthony Robinson in the commission of robbery or attempted robbery, Code §§ 18.2-30 and 18.2-31(4);…”
Aldridge v. Commonwealth, 606 S.E.2d 539 (Va. Ct. App. 2004). “" A grand jury indicted Aldridge on June 5, 2002, charging that "[o]n or about October 28, 2001, in the City of Norfolk, Kuturah Aldridge did willfully, deliberately and with premeditation kill and murder Baby Girl Aldridge," in violation of Code §§ 18.2-30, 18.2-32, and…”
Durkin v. Taylor, 444 F. Supp. 879 (E.D. Va. 1977). “2 provides in full: Any inmate who is convicted of a felony included within the provisions of chapter 4 (§ 18.2-30 et seq.) of Title 18.2 or arson, burglary, or robbery, committed while on administrative furlough, shall, after conviction therefor, be ineligible for further…”
Brown v. Commonwealth, 292 S.E.2d 319 (Va. 1982). “Hubbard, in violation of Section 18.2-30 of the Code of Irginia as punishable by Section 18.”
Washington v. Com., 634 S.E.2d 310 (Va. 2006). “For the purposes of this section, "act of violence" means (i) any one of the following violations of Chapter 4 (§ 18.2-30 et seq.) of Title 18.2: . . . .”
Tross v. Commonwealth, 464 S.E.2d 523 (Va. Ct. App. 1995). “A Class 1 or 2 felony violation of Chapter 4 (§ 18.2-30 et seq.) of Title 18.2 or, if the juvenile is sixteen years of age or older, a Class 3 felony violation of Chapter 4 (§ 18.”
M.G. v. Albemarle Cnty. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 583 S.E.2d 761 (Va. Ct. App. 2003). “2 (providing that "any offender who is convicted of any of the following violations of Chapter 4 (§ 18.2-30 et seq.) of Title 18.2 shall not be eligible for participation in the home/electronic incarceration program: .”
Dalton v. Commonwealth, 512 S.E.2d 142 (Va. Ct. App. 1999). “2-40 states that "every accessory" to a lynch mob "shall be guilty of murder, and upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Article I (§ 18.2-30 et seq. ) of this chapter." Additionally, *152 Code § 18.”
Jenkins v. Commonwealth, 255 S.E.2d 504 (Va. 1979). “After waiving trial by jury, William Joe Jenkins (Jenkins or defendant) was tried and convicted by the trial court of involuntary manslaughter, Code §§ 18.2-30, -36, and of failing to stop at the scene of an accident when the vehicle he was operating was involved in an accident…”
Paiz v. Commonwealth, 682 S.E.2d 71 (Va. Ct. App. 2009). ““Every lynching shall be deemed murder,” and “[a]ny and every person composing a mob and any and every accessory thereto, by which any person is lynched, shall be guilty of murder, and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in Article 1 (§ 18.2-30 et seq.) of this…”
Scott Christman Miles, etc. v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2016). “Miles (“appellant”) was convicted of felony murder, in violation of Code § 18.2-30. He was sentenced to thirty-five years of incarceration.”
Johnson v. Kiser (W.D. Va. 2022). “Police identified then 17-year-old Johnson as a suspect, and a grand jury indicted Johnson on the following charges: (1) capital murder in violation of Va. Code Ann. §§ 18.2-30 and 18.2-31; (2) statutory burglary with the intent to commit murder or robbery while armed in…”
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