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W. Va. Code § 62-3-18: Conviction of attempt on trial for felony; effect of general verdict of not guilty.
Where this section sits in the code
- CHAPTER 62. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
- ARTICLE 3. TRIAL OF CRIMINAL CASES.
On an indictment for felony, the jury may find the accused not guilty of the felony, but guilty of an attempt to commit such felony; and a general verdict of not guilty upon such indictment shall be a bar to a subsequent prosecution for an attempt to commit such felony.
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