Whenever any defendant, properly notified, fails to appear for a criminal trial or other criminal hearing before a magistrate, the magistrate may issue a capias to compel that person to appear.
W. Va. Code § 50-5-15
Failure of defendant to appear at criminal trial or other criminal hearing; compulsion of appearance
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