Petition for writ of actual innocence joined by Attorney General; release of prisoner; bond hearing

Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-327.2:1
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The Attorney General may join in a petition for a writ of actual innocence made pursuant to § 19.2-327.2 . When such petition is so joined, the petitioner may file a copy of the petition and attachments thereto and the Attorney General's answer with the circuit court that entered the felony conviction or adjudication of delinquency and move the court for a hearing to consider release of the person on bail pursuant to Chapter 9 (§ 19.2-119 et seq.). Upon hearing and for good cause shown, the court may order the person released from custody subject to the terms and conditions of bail so established, pending a ruling by the Supreme Court on the writ under § 19.2-327.5 . 2015, c. 66 ; 2020, cc. 993 , 994 .
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