{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-11-1","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 61-11-1","heading":"Classification of offenses.","body":"Offenses are either felonies or misdemeanors. Such offenses as are punishable by confinement in the penitentiary are felonies; all other offenses are misdemeanors.\nThe word “penitentiary” as used in this section shall mean and include any and all institutions provided by the state for the confinement of persons sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary, notwithstanding that transfers of such persons from any one of such institutions to another may be authorized.","path":["CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT.","ARTICLE 11. GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING CRIMES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/61-11-1/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:30Z","sha256":"1823ceaec6d15bcf94c380cfcee5c1e7388738d2a7cc6ed358c429b7ffd6002a","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-10-34","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-11-1a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}