19.2-218 - Preliminary hearing required for person arrested on charge of felony; waiver.
§ 19.2-218. Preliminary hearing required for person arrested on charge offelony; waiver.
No person who is arrested on a charge of felony shall be denied a preliminaryhearing upon the question of whether there is reasonable ground to believethat he committed the offense and no indictment shall be returned in a courtof record against any such person prior to such hearing unless such hearingis waived in writing by the accused.
(Code 1950, § 19.1-163.1; 1960, c. 389; 1975, c. 495.)