An accessory, either before or after the fact, may, whether the principal felon be convicted or not, or be amenable to justice or not, be indicted, convicted, and punished in the county in which he became accessory, or in which the principal felon might be indicted. Any such accessory before the fact may be indicted with such principal or separately.
W. Va. Code § 61-11-7
Prosecution of accessories
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Standefer v. United States (1980)
Most recently applied in 166 W. Va. 153 - State v. Petry (December 1980)
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.