H. B. 2599

(By Delegates Hutchins and Varner)
(Introduced February 21, 1995; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.)

A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article eight, chapter sixty-two of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to circuit court jurisdiction over crimes committed by convicts.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three, article eight, chapter sixty-two of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 8. CRIMES BY AND PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CONVICTS.

§62-8-3. Venue of trials of convicts.

All criminal proceedings against convicts in ~~the penitentiary shall be in the circuit of the county of Marshall.~~
the custody of the commissioner of corrections shall be in the circuit court in the county where the crime is committed.

Note: The purpose of this bill is to change the venue for proceedings against convicts from Marshall County to where the convict is incarcerated.