WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2024 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 810

By Senators Deeds and Stuart

[Introduced February 15, 2024; referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §61-2-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to increasing the penalty for voluntary manslaughter.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

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 five nor more than fifteen twenty-five years. A person imprisoned pursuant to the provisions of this section is not eligible for parole prior to having served a minimum of three five years of his or her sentence or the minimum period required by the provisions of section thirteen, article twelve, chapter sixty-two §62-12-13 of this code, whichever is greater.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the penalty for voluntary manslaughter.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.