20-77 - When authority to suspend sentence may be exercised; deduction of certain time from sentence. - Virginia Statutes

§ 20-77. When authority to suspend sentence may be exercised; deduction ofcertain time from sentence.

The authority of the court to suspend sentences under §§ 20-72 to 20-79 maybe exercised at any time after conviction and before the completion of thesentence, and as often as the court may deem advisable and to the bestinterests of the parties, provided that such period or periods of time as maybe actually served by the defendant shall be allowed against and deductedfrom the original sentence.

(Code 1919, § 1939; 1932, p. 467; 1940, p. 477; 1974, c. 464.)