Any person who, under the provisions of section nine of this article, maliciously assaults a child sixteen years of age or under within one thousand feet of a school is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary not less than five nor more than fifteen years.
W. Va. Code § 61-2-9b
Penalties for malicious or unlawful assault or assault of a child near a school
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