Jurisdiction in criminal cases

Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-239
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The circuit courts, except where otherwise provided, shall have exclusive original jurisdiction for the trial of all presentments, indictments and informations for offenses committed within their respective circuits. Code 1950, § 19.1-187; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
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