Chap. 416.—An ACT to amend and reenact Section 4919 of the Code of
Virginia dealing with verdict and judgment in cases of murder by hou oe
that upon pleas of guilty the case shall be tried by the court wi
intervention of a jury.

Approved April 1, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section forty-nine hundred nineteen SPs Code of Virginia
be amended and reenacted as follows:

Section 4919. What verdict to specify, when jury find accused
guilty of murder; if guilt confessed, duty of court.—If a person indicted
for murder be found by the jury guilty thereof, they shall in their verdict
fix the degree thereof and ascertain the extent of the punishment to
be inflicted within the bounds prescribed by sections forty-three hundred
and ninety-four and forty-three hundred and ninety-five. If the accused
confess the indictment to be true, the court shall hear the case without the
intervention of a jury, and shall ascertain the extent of the punishment
within the same bounds, and give sentence accordingly.