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W. Va. Code § 27-6A-8

Credit for time; expenses

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State of West Virginia v. Shawn Thomas Riggleman (2017)

Most recently applied in State of West Virginia v. Shawn Thomas Riggleman (April 2017)

(a) If a person is convicted of a crime, any time spent in involuntary confinement in a mental health facility or state hospital as a result of being charged with the crime shall be credited to the sentence.

(b) All inpatient care and treatment shall be paid by the department.

(c) All competency restoration services not covered by other government, third-party funding sources, or other grant agreements shall be paid by the department.

Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.