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W. Va. Code § 62-9-6

Indictment for robbery

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State of West Virginia v. Antwyn D. Gibbs and State of West Virginia v. Kevin Goodman, Jr. (2017)

Most recently applied in State of West Virginia v. Antwyn D. Gibbs and State of West Virginia v. Kevin Goodman, Jr. (March 2017)

An indictment for robbery shall be sufficient if it be in form, tenor or effect as follows (after following the form in section one:

That A..............., on the............ day of............, nineteen..............., in the said county of............., being armed with a dangerous and deadly weapon (if not armed, leave out allegation of being armed), in and upon one B................ an assault did feloniously make, and him the said B...............did then and there feloniously put in bodily fear, and (here set out the articles of money stolen, as the case may be), all the property of the said B..............., and lawfully in his control and custody, from the person of the said B..............., and against his will, then and there feloniously and violently did steal, take and carry away, against the peace and dignity of the state.

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