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HOUSE BILL NO. 1901 Offered January 10, 2007 Prefiled January 4, 2007 A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-218 of the Code of Virginia, relating to preliminary hearing requirement for person accused of felony. ---------- Patron-- Albo ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 19.2-218 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 19.2-218. Preliminary hearing required for person arrested on charge of felony; waiver.

No person who is arrested on a charge of felony or indicted by a grand jury on a charge of a felony prior to arrest shall be denied a preliminary hearing upon the question of whether there is reasonable ground to believe that he committed the offense and no indictment shall be returned in a court of record against any such person prior to such hearing unless such hearing is waived in writing by the accused.