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HB 2498 Assault and battery; authority to defer and dismiss against family or household member.

Introduced by: Sal R. Iaquinto | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Assault and battery against a family or household member; authority to defer and dismiss.  Provides that a court shall not defer disposition in and discharge and dismiss a criminal proceeding against a person for violation of § 18.2-57.2 (assault and battery against a family or household member) if it finds, among the facts that would justify a finding of guilt, that the accused, during the commission of such offense, knew that a third person, younger than 18 years of age, was physically present.


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