19.2-239 - Jurisdiction in criminal cases.
§ 19.2-239. Jurisdiction in criminal cases.
The circuit courts, except where otherwise provided, shall have exclusiveoriginal jurisdiction for the trial of all presentments, indictments andinformations for offenses committed within their respective circuits.
(Code 1950, § 19.1-187; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.)