Chap. 218.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4776 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to conviction of persons accused of felonies. [H B 310]

Approved March 16, 1940

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That
Section forty-seven hundred and seventy-six of the Code of Virginia
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 4776. How accused may be convicted of felony.—No
person shall be convicted of felony, unless by his confession of guilt
in court, or by his plea, or by the verdict of a jury, accepted and
recorded by the court. One accused of a felony may plead not guilty
and, with his consent after being advised by counsel, which counsel
shall be appointed for him by the court in all cases where he has no
counsel of his own choosing and the concurrence of the attorney for
the Commonwealth and of the court entered of record, he may waive
a Jurys in case of such waiver, or a plea of guilty, the court shall try
the case.