West Virginia § 62-3-16 Verdicts jury may find on indictments for homicide or assault

West Virginia Statutes

§ 62-3-16 — Verdicts jury may find on indictments for homicide or assault

West Virginia § 62-3-16

Ch. 62CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Art. 3TRIAL OF CRIMINAL CASES

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W. Va. Code § 62-3-16 (2026).

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On an indictment for felonious homicide, the jury may find the accused not guilty of the felony, but guilty of involuntary manslaughter. And on any indictment for maliciously shooting, stabbing, cutting, or wounding a person, or by any means causing him bodily injury, with intent to kill him the jury may find the accused not guilty of the offense charged, but guilty of maliciously doing such act with intent to maim, disfigure, or disable, or of unlawfully doing it, with intent to maim, disfigure, disable, or kill, such person.

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On an indictment for felonious homicide, the jury may find the accused not guilty of the felony, but guilty of involuntary manslaughter. And on any indictment for maliciously shooting, stabbing, cutting, or wounding a person, or by any means causing him bodily injury, with intent to kill him the jury may find the accused not guilty of the offense charged, but guilty of maliciously doing such act with intent to maim, disfigure, or disable, or of unlawfully doing it, with intent to maim, disfigure, disable, or kill, such person.