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WV Code § 61-2-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-2. Penalty for Murder of First Degree

Murder of the first degree shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary for life.
WV Code § 61-2-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-3. Penalty for Murder of Second Degree

Murder of the second degree shall be punished by a definite term of imprisonment in the penitentiary which is not less than ten nor more than forty years. A person imprisoned pursuant to the provisions of this section is not eligible for parole prior to having served a minimum of ten years of his or her sentence or the minimum period required by the provisions of section thirteen, article twelve, chapter sixty-two, whichever is greater.
WV Code § 61-2-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-4. Voluntary Manslaughter; Penalty

Voluntary manslaughter shall be punished by a definite term of imprisonment in the penitentiary which is not less than three nor more than fifteen years. A person imprisoned pursuant to the provisions of this section is not eligible for parole prior to having served a minimum of three years of his or her sentence or the minimum period required by the provisions of section thirteen, article twelve, chapter sixty-two, whichever is greater.
WV Code § 61-2-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-5. Involuntary Manslaughter; Penalty

Involuntary manslaughter is a misdemeanor and, any person convicted thereof shall be confined in jail not to exceed one year, or fined not to exceed $1,000, or both, in the discretion of the court.
WV Code § 61-2-5a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-5a. Concealment of Deceased Human Body; Penalty

(a) Any person who, by any means, knowingly and willfully conceals, attempts to conceal or who otherwise aids and abets any person to conceal a deceased human body where death occurred as a result of criminal activity is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in a correctional facility for not less than one year nor more than five years and fined not less than $1,000, nor more than $5,000.(b) It shall be a complete defense in a prosecution pursuant to subsection (a) of this section that the defendant affirmatively brought to the attention of law enforcement within forty-eight hours of concealing the body and prior to being contacted regarding the death by law enforcement the existence and location of the concealed deceased human body. (c) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section do not apply to practitioners regulated by the provisions of article six, chapter thirty of this code or their agents while acting in their lawful professional capacities.
WV Code § 61-2-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-6. Homicide Punishable Within State if Injury Occurs Within and Death Without, or Vice Versa

If any person be stricken, wounded or poisoned in, and die by reason thereof out of, this state, the offender shall be as guilty, and be prosecuted and punished, as if the death had occurred in the county in which the stroke, wound or poison was given or administered. And if any person be stricken, wounded or poisoned out of this state, and die by reason thereof within this state, the offender shall be as guilty, and may be prosecuted and punished, as if the mortal stroke or wound had been given, or poison administered, in the county in which the person so stricken, wounded or poisoned may so die.
WV Code § 61-2-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-7. Attempt to Kill or Injure by Poison; Penalty

If any person administer, or attempt to administer, any poison or other destructive thing in food, drink, medicine or otherwise, or poison any spring, well, reservoir, conduit or pipe of water, with intent to kill or injure another person, he shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than three nor more than eighteen years.
WV Code § 61-2-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-8. Abortion; Penalty

Any person who shall administer to, or cause to be taken by, a woman, any drug or other thing, or use any means, with intent to destroy her unborn child, or to produce abortion or miscarriage, and shall thereby destroy such child, or produce such abortion or miscarriage, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than three nor more than ten years; and if such woman die by reason of such abortion performed upon her, such person shall be guilty of murder. No person, by reason of any act mentioned in this section, shall be punishable where such act is done in good faith, with the intention of saving the life of such woman or child.
WV Code § 61-2-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-9. Malicious or Unlawful Assault; Assault; Battery; Penalties

(a) If any person maliciously shoots, stabs, cuts or wounds any person, or by any means cause him or her bodily injury with intent to maim, disfigure, disable or kill, he or she, except where it is otherwise provided, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by confinement in a state correctional facility not less than two nor more than ten years. If the act is done unlawfully, but not maliciously, with the intent aforesaid, the offender is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall either be imprisoned in a state correctional facility not less than one nor more than five years, or be confined in jail not exceeding twelve months and fined not exceeding $500.(b) Assault. — Any person who unlawfully attempts to commit a violent injury to the person of another or unlawfully commits an act that places another in reasonable apprehension of immediately receiving a violent injury is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in jail for not more than six months or fined not more than $100, or both fined and confined.(c) Battery. — Any person who unlawfully and intentionally makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature to the person of another or unlawfully and intentionally causes physical harm to another person is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in jail for not more than twelve months or fined not more than $500, or both fined and confined.(d) Any person convicted of a violation of subsection (b) or (c) of this section who has, in the ten years prior to the conviction, been convicted of a violation of either subsection (b) or (c) of this section where the victim was a current or former spouse, current or former sexual or intimate partner, a person with whom the defendant has a child in common, a person with whom the defendant cohabits or has cohabited, a parent or guardian or the defendant’s child or ward at the time of the offense or convicted of a violation of section twenty-eight of this article or has served a period of pretrial diversion for an alleged violation of subsection (b) or (c) of this section or section twenty-eight of this article when the victim has a present or past relationship, upon conviction, is subject to the penalties set forth in section twenty-eight of this article for a second, third or subsequent criminal act of domestic violence offense, as appropriate.
WV Code § 61-2-9b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-9b. Penalties for Malicious or Unlawful Assault or Assault of a Child Near a School

Any person who, under the provisions of section nine of this article, maliciously assaults a child sixteen years of age or under within one thousand feet of a school is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary not less than five nor more than fifteen years.
WV Code § 61-2-9c (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-9c. Wanton Endangerment Involving the Use of Fire; Penalty

Any person who, during the manufacture or production of an illegal controlled substance uses fire, the use of which creates substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to another due to the use of fire, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be committed to the custody of the Division of Corrections for a definite term of years of not less than one nor more than five years or, in the discretion of the court, confined in the regional jail for not more than one year, or fined not less than $250 or more than $2,500, or both.
WV Code § 61-2-9d (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-9d. Strangulation; Suffocation and Asphyxiation; Definitions; Penalties

(a) As used in this section:"Bodily injury" means substantial physical pain, illness or any impairment of physical condition;"Strangle" means knowingly and willfully restricting another persons air intake or blood flow by the application of pressure on the neck or throat;"Suffocate" means knowingly and willfully restricting the normal breathing or circulation of blood by blocking the nose or mouth of another; and"Asphyxiate" means knowingly and willfully restricting the normal breathing or circulation of blood by the application of pressure on the chest or torso.(b) Any person who strangles, suffocates or asphyxiates another without that persons consent and thereby causes the other person bodily injury or loss of consciousness is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $2,500 or imprisoned in a state correctional facility not less than one year or more than five years, or both fined and imprisoned.
WV Code § 61-2-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-10. Assault During Commission of or Attempt to Commit a Felony; Penalty

If any person in the commission of, or attempt to commit a felony, unlawfully shoot, stab, cut or wound another person, he shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall, in the discretion of the court, either be confined in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than ten years, or be confined in jail not exceeding one year and be fined not exceeding $1,000.
WV Code § 61-2-10a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-10a. Violent Crimes Against the Elderly; Sentence Not Subject to Suspension or Probation

(a) If any person be convicted and sentenced for an offense defined under the provisions of section nine or ten of this article, and if the person shall have committed such offense against a person who is sixty-five years of age or older, then the sentence shall be mandatory and shall not be subject to suspension or probation: Provided, That the court may, in its discretion, suspend the sentence and order probation to any person so convicted upon condition that such person perform public service for a period of time deemed appropriate by the court: Provided, however, That the public service may not be rendered in or about facilities or programs providing care or services for the elderly: Provided further, That the court may apply the provisions of article eleven-a, chapter sixty-two of this code to a person committed to a term of one year or less.(b) The existence of any fact which would make any person ineligible for probation under subsection (a) of this section because of the commission or attempted commission of a felony against a victim sixty-five years of age or older shall not be applicable unless such fact is: (i) Found by the court upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere; or (ii) found by the jury, if the matter is tried before a jury; or (iii) found by the court, if the matter is tried by the court, without a jury.
WV Code § 61-2-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-11. Unlawful Shooting at Another in Street, Alley or Public Resort; Penalty

If any person unlawfully shoot at another person in any street or alley in a city, town or village, or in any place of public resort, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not less than six months nor more than three years, and be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.
WV Code § 61-2-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-12. Robbery or Attempted Robbery; Penalties

(a) Any person who commits or attempts to commit robbery by: (1) Committing violence to the person, including, but not limited to, partial strangulation or suffocation or by striking or beating; or (2) uses the threat of deadly force by the presenting of a firearm or other deadly weapon, is guilty of robbery in the first degree and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correctional facility not less than ten years.(b) Any person who commits or attempts to commit robbery by placing the victim in fear of bodily injury by means other than those set forth in subsection (a) of this section or any person who commits or attempts to commit robbery by the use of any means designed to temporarily disable the victim, including, but not limited to, the use of a disabling chemical substance or an electronic shock device, is guilty of robbery in the second degree and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in a correctional facility for not less than five years nor more than eighteen years.(c) If any person: (1) By force and violence, or by putting in fear, feloniously takes, or feloniously attempts to take, from the person or presence of another any property or money or any other thing of value belonging to, or in the care, custody, control, management or possession of, any bank, he shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than ten nor more than twenty years; and (2) if any person in committing, or in attempting to commit, any offense defined in the preceding clause (1) of this subsection, assaults any person, or puts in jeopardy the life of any person by the use of a dangerous weapon or device, disabling chemical substance or an electronic shock device, he shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than ten years nor more than twenty-five years.
WV Code § 61-2-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-13. Extortion or Attempted Extortion by Threats; Penalties

(a) A person who threatens injury to the character, person, or property of another person, or to the character, person, or property of his or her spouse or child, or accuses him or her or them of a criminal offense, and thereby obtains anything of value, or other consideration, he or she is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be confined in a correctional facility not less than one nor more than five years. A person who makes such threat of injury or accusation of an offense as set forth in this section, but fails to obtain anything of value or other consideration, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not less than two nor more than 12 months and fined not less than $50 nor more than $500.(b) For purposes of this article, “consideration” includes sexual acts as defined in §61-8B-1 of this code, and images of intimate parts defined in §61-8-28a of this code.
WV Code § 61-2-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-14. Abduction of Person; Kidnapping or Concealing Child; Penalties

(a) Any person who takes away another person, or detains another person against such person's will, with intent to marry or defile the person, or to cause the person to be married or defiled by another person; or takes away a child under the age of sixteen years from any person having lawful charge of such child, for the purpose of prostitution or concubinage, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than three nor more than ten years.(b) Any person, other than the father or mother, who illegally, or for any unlawful, improper or immoral purpose other than the purposes stated in subsection (a) of this section or section fourteen-a or fourteen-c of this article, seizes, take or secretes a child under sixteen years of age, from the person or persons having lawful charge of such child, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years.
WV Code § 61-2-14b (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-14b. Venue of Offenses Under §§61-2-14 and 61-2-14a

In the case of every offense committed in violation of the provisions of section fourteen and section fourteen-(a) of this article, regardless of whether the offense originated within or without this state, the venue of the offense shall lie in the county where the person was taken, or induced to go away or otherwise kidnapped, in the county where such person was held or detained, or in the county through which such person was conducted or transported.
WV Code § 61-2-14c (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-14c. Penalty for Threats to Kidnap or Demand Ransom

If any person, with intent to extort from any other person any ransom, money or other thing, or any concession or advantage of any sort, shall, by speech, writing, printing, drawing or any other method or means of communication, directly or indirectly threaten to take away forcibly or by stealth or otherwise kidnap any person, or shall directly or indirectly demand, orally or in writing, or by any other method or means of communication, any ransom, money or other thing, or any concession or advantage of any sort, on a threat to take away forcibly or by stealth or otherwise kidnap any person, he shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished with confinement in the penitentiary for any term of years not less than five.
WV Code § 61-2-14d (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-14d. Concealment or Removal of Minor Child From Custodian or From Person Entitled to Visitation; Penalties; Defenses

(a) Any person who conceals, takes or removes a minor child in violation of any court order an with the intent to deprive another person of lawful custody or visitation right shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years, or in the discretion of the court, shall be imprisoned in the county jail not more than one year of fined not more than $1,000, or both fined and imprisoned.(b) Any person who violates this section and in so doing removes the minor child from this state or conceals the minor child in another state shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years, or fined not more than $1,000, or both fined and imprisoned.(c) It shall be a defense under this section that the accused reasonably believed such action was necessary to preserve the welfare of the minor child. The mere failure to return a minor child at the expiration of any lawful custody or visitation period without the intent to deprive another person of lawful custody or visitation rights shall not constitute an offense under this section.
WV Code § 61-2-14e (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-14e. One Aiding or Abetting in Offense Under §61-2-14, §61-2-14a, §61-2-14c or §61-2-14d Guilty as Principal; Venue

If any person in any way knowingly aid or abet any other person in the commission of any offense described in section fourteen, fourteen-a, fourteen-c or fourteen-d of this article, either as accessory before or an accessory after the fact, such person so aiding and abetting shall be guilty as a principal in the commission of such offense and shall be punished in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided in said sections for the person who committed the offense. The venue of any offense committed in violation of the provisions of this section shall be as provided in section seven, article eleven of this chapter.
WV Code § 61-2-14f (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-14f. Penalties for Abduction of a Child Near a School

Any person who, under the provisions of section fourteen of this article, abducts a child sixteen years of age or under within one thousand feet of a school is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary not less than five nor more than fifteen years.
WV Code § 61-2-14g (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment|Article 2. Crimes Against the Person|§61-2-14g. Unlawful Restraint; Penalties

(a) Any person who, without legal authority intentionally restrains another with the intent that the other person not be allowed to leave the place of restraint and who does so by physical force or by overt or implied threat of violence or by actual physical restraint but without the intent to obtain any other concession or advantage as those terms are used in section fourteen-a of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction shall be confined in jail for not more than one year, fined not more than $1,000, or both.(b) In any prosecution under this section, it is an affirmative defense that:(1) The defendant acted reasonably and in good faith to protect the person from imminent physical danger; or (2) The person restrained was a child less than eighteen years old and that the actor was a parent or legal guardian, or a person acting under authority granted by a parent or legal guardian of such child, or by a teacher or other school personnel acting under authority granted by section one, article five, chapter eighteen-a of this code, and that his or her sole purpose was to assume control of such child.(c) As used in this section to "restrain" means to restrict a persons movement without his or her consent.(d) This section shall not apply to acts done by a law-enforcement officer in the lawful exercise of his or her duties.