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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-9 (2026)

Classification of criminal offenses

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(1) Felonies are classified, for the purposes of punishment and sentencing, into six classes:

(a) Class 1 felony

(b) Class 2 felony

(c) Class 3 felony

(d) Class 4 felony

(e) Class 5 felony

(f) Class 6 felony.

(2) Misdemeanors are classified, for the purposes of punishment and sentencing, into four classes:

(a) Class 1 misdemeanor

(b) Class 2 misdemeanor

(c) Class 3 misdemeanor

(d) Class 4 misdemeanor.

1975, cc. 14, 15.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2002–2017 · leading case: Turner v. Commonwealth, 568 S.E.2d 468 (Va. Ct. App. 2002).
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Turner v. Commonwealth, 568 S.E.2d 468 (Va. Ct. App. 2002). “Code § 18.2-9 categorizes felonies from “Class 1” to “Class 6,” with related sentencing ranges from “imprisonment for not less than one year” to “death, or imprisonment for life.”
United States v. Payne, 248 F. Supp. 3d 757 (W.D. Va. 2017). · cites it 2× “The Court determined that the only possible location listed in the statute that Graybeal could have entered was a “trailer” because “[n]one of the other statutory categories plainly, obviously, or rationally appliefd] to the facts.”
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