{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-2-1","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 62-2-1","heading":"Prosecutions to be by presentment or indictment.","body":"Prosecutions for offenses against the state, unless otherwise provided, shall be by presentment or indictment. The trial of a person on a charge of felony shall always be by indictment; and indictment may be found in the first instance, whether the accused has been examined or committed by a justice or not.","path":["CHAPTER 62. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.","ARTICLE 2. PRESENTMENTS AND INDICTMENTS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/62-2-1/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:34Z","sha256":"dbb0063339dff65a96e3e1914864aaa80789cf74617d31e08b60a48dfc94c5c8","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-1g-2","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-2-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}