Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4001%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2014&sesstype=RS&i=4001
Timestamp: 2018-04-26 08:25:13
Document Index: 77669553

Matched Legal Cases: ['§9', '§14', '§14', '§14', '§14', '§14', '§14', '§14', '§14', '§14']

Engrossed Version House Bill 4001 History
That §9-7-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted; and that said code be amended by adding thereto a new article, designated §14-4-1, §14-4-2, §14-4-3, §14-4-4, §14-4-5, §14-4-6, §14-4-7, §14-4-8 and §14-4-9 all to read as follows:
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a final judgment rendered in favor of the state in any criminal proceeding charging fraud or false statements, whether upon a verdict after trial or upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, shall estop the defendant from denying the essential elements of the offense in any action that involves the same transaction as in the criminal proceeding and which is brought under section three or four.