West Virginia § 61-6-5 Death of person in suppression of riots and unlawful assemblages

West Virginia Statutes

§ 61-6-5 — Death of person in suppression of riots and unlawful assemblages

West Virginia § 61-6-5

Ch. 61CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT

Art. 6CRIMES AGAINST THE PEACE

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W. Va. Code § 61-6-5 (2026).

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If, by any means taken under the authority of this article to disperse any such assemblage or arrest those engaged in it, any person present, as spectator or otherwise, be killed or wounded, and neither malice, nor premeditation be present, any member of the West Virginia State Police, the Division of Protective Services, sheriff, or mayor exercising such authority, and everyone acting under his or her order, shall be held guiltless.

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If, by any means taken under the authority of this article to disperse any such assemblage or arrest those engaged in it, any person present, as spectator or otherwise, be killed or wounded, and neither malice, nor premeditation be present, any member of the West Virginia State Police, the Division of Protective Services, sheriff, or mayor exercising such authority, and everyone acting under his or her order, shall be held guiltless.