W. Va. Code § 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.