W. Va. Code § 61-11-13: Former acquittal on merits.
Where this section sits in the code
- CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT.
- ARTICLE 11. GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING CRIMES.
A person acquitted by the jury upon the facts and merits on a former trial may plead such acquittal in bar of a second prosecution for the same offense, notwithstanding any defect in the form or substance of the indictment or accusation on which he was acquitted.
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