West Virginia Code
Article 6. Miscellaneous Provisions Concerning Criminal Procedures
§62-6-6. Proceedings for Fines for Contempt or Disobedience of Process

No court shall impose a fine upon a juror, witness or other person, for disobedience of its process or any contempt, unless he be present in a court at the time, or shall have been served with a rule of the court, returnable to a time certain, requiring him to show cause why the fine should not be imposed, and shall have failed to appear and show cause.

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West Virginia Code

Chapter 62. Criminal Procedure

Article 6. Miscellaneous Provisions Concerning Criminal Procedures

§62-6-1. Recognizance to Keep the Peace; Condition

§62-6-3. Recognizance of Insane Person or Minor

§62-6-4. Witnesses in Criminal Cases; Forced Attendance

§62-6-5. Failure of Juror to Attend Inquest Out of Court

§62-6-6. Proceedings for Fines for Contempt or Disobedience of Process

§62-6-6a. Disposition of Prisoners

§62-6-7. Severability

§62-6-8. Alleged Victim of Sexual Offense May Not Be Required to Submit to a Polygraph Examination or Other Truth Telling Device as a Condition of Investigating an Alleged Offense nor May Prosecutors or Law-Enforcement Officers Decline to Proceed if...