West Virginia Statutes
§ 61-2-7 — Attempt to kill or injure by poison; penalty
West Virginia § 61-2-7
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Bluebook
W. Va. Code § 61-2-7 (2026).
Text
If any person administer, or attempt to administer, any poison or other destructive thing in food, drink, medicine or otherwise, or poison any spring, well, reservoir, conduit or pipe of water, with intent to kill or injure another person, he shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than three nor more than eighteen years.
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Legislative History
2021 Reg. Sess., HB2017
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West Virginia § 61-2-7, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/wv/61-2-7.