On any indictment or presentment founded on any provision of article twelve, chapter eleven, or article ten, chapter sixty-one of this code, or for any statutory misdemeanor for which no imprisonment may be inflicted, process may be issued immediately, returnable forthwith. If the accused appear and plead to the charge, the trial shall proceed without delay. If, being summoned, he fail to appear and plead, the court may render judgment in the same manner as if he had confessed to the charge in court; and if the offense be punishable by a fine not fixed by law, a jury shall be impaneled to assess the same.
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