hb4285 intr

H. B. 4285

(By Delegates Webb and Amores)

[Introduced January 29, 2002; referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary.]

A BILL to repeal sections eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four and twenty-five, article two, chapter sixty-one of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to murder in dueling; accessory before the fact in dueling; jurisdiction in the crime of dueling; dueling without death ensuing; challenging a duel; aiding, advising or promoting dueling; criminal penalty; dueling out of state by a resident; a plea of former jeopardy in a prosecution for dueling; the crime of taunting for nonparticipation in a duel and its criminal penalty; and, the warrant and recognizance in dueling cases.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON.

§1. Repeal of sections relating to crime of dueling.

Sections eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four and twenty-five, article two, chapter sixty-one of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, are hereby repealed.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to repeal the sections of the code involving dueling on the premise that these provisions are outdated, and entirely without utility in the current time.