Prosecutions for offenses against the state, unless otherwise provided, shall be by presentment or indictment. The trial of a person on a charge of felony shall always be by indictment; and indictment may be found in the first instance, whether the accused has been examined or committed by a justice or not.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 62. Criminal Procedure
Article 2. Presentments and Indictments
§62-2-1. Prosecutions to Be by Presentment or Indictment
§62-2-3. When Costs Assessed Against Prosecutor
§62-2-4. Indictment for Perjury; Admissibility of Certain Records, etc., as Evidence
§62-2-6. Indictment for Forgery
§62-2-7. Proof of Possession of or Title to Property
§62-2-8. Allegations of Intent to Injure, Cheat or Defraud
§62-2-9. Unnecessary Allegations May Be Omitted
§62-2-10. Defects Not Invalidating Indictment
§62-2-11. Defects Cured by Verdict
§62-2-13. Process, Capias and Summons in Criminal Cases
§62-2-14. Direction and Execution of Process; Several Writs Against Same Person
§62-2-15. Mailing of Process by Clerk to Officer
§62-2-16. Execution of Process Within State
§62-2-17. Delivery of Prisoner to Court, Magistrate or Jailer
§62-2-19. Prosecutions Relating to License Taxes, Offenses Against Public Policy, etc.
§62-2-20. Exceptions to Indictments Relating to License Taxes and Offenses Against Public Policy
§62-2-21. Second Capias or Trial After Summons in Misdemeanor Cases Not Covered in §62-2-19
§62-2-22. Discontinuance of Criminal Prosecution for Failure to Award Process or Enter Continuance
§62-2-23. Prosecutions Against Corporations; Effect of Failure of Corporation to Appear
§62-2-24. Joinder of Certain Counts
§62-2-25. Compromise or Suppression of Indictment or Presentment