{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-8-6","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 62-8-6","heading":"Convicts competent as witnesses; proceedings, etc., as in other cases.","body":"In any such prosecution of convicts, all other convicts in the penitentiary shall be competent witnesses for or against the accused. In all other respects, the proceedings, trial, judgment and sentence shall be had, pronounced and executed, as in other cases for prosecutions for offenses punishable with death or confinement in the penitentiary.","path":["CHAPTER 62. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.","ARTICLE 8. CRIMES BY AND PROCEEDINGS AGAINST INMATES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/62-8-6/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:36Z","sha256":"ff6edcdbae7eca0da8f54671e99f96c49dae0b18ae06b64d71248426a9120032","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-8-5","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-62-8-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}