CHAPTER 349

An Act to amend and reenact § 19-166 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to trials without a jury in felony cases, to provide that the accused
shall be advised by counsel before tendering a plea of guilty or waiv-
ing a jury, and to repeal § 19-167 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the same subject.

[H 164]

Approved March 31, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 19-166 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 19-166. Upon a plea of guilty in a felony case, tendered in person
by the accused after being advised by counsel, the court shall hear and
determine the case without the intervention of a jury; or if the accused
plead not guilty, with his consent after being advised by counsel and the
concurrence of the Commonwealth’s Attorney and of the court entered
of record, the court shall hear and determine the case without the inter-
vention of a jury. In such cases the court shall have and exercise all the
powers, privileges and duties given to juries by §§ 18-8, 19-222, 19-224 to
19-227 and 19-267.1 or any other statute relating to crimes and punish-

ments.
2. § 19-167 of the Code of Virginia is repealed.