19.2-151 - Satisfaction and discharge of assault and similar charges. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-151. Satisfaction and discharge of assault and similar charges.

When a person is in jail or under a recognizance to answer a charge ofassault and battery or other misdemeanor, or has been indicted for an assaultand battery or other misdemeanor for which there is a remedy by civil action,unless the offense was committed (i) by or upon any law-enforcement officer,(ii) riotously in violation of §§ 18.2-404 to 18.2-407, (iii) against afamily or household member in violation of § 18.2-57.2, or (iv) with intentto commit a felony, if the person injured appears before the court which madethe commitment or took the recognizance, or before the court in which theindictment is pending, and acknowledges in writing that he has receivedsatisfaction for the injury, the court may, in its discretion, by an order,supersede the commitment, discharge the recognizance, or dismiss theprosecution, upon payment by the defendant of costs accrued to theCommonwealth or any of its officers.

(Code 1950, § 19.1-18; 1960, c. 366; 1968, c. 639; 1975, c. 495; 1997, c.532; 1999, c. 963.)