ENGROSSED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 111
(By Senators Plymale, Wagner, Anderson,
Felton, Minard, Yoder, Jones, Walker,
Ross, Helmick, Wooton, Dittmar and Whitlow)
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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
reported March 2, 1993.]
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A BILL to amend article seven chapter sixty-one of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
twelve, relating to crimes against the person; defining
wanton endangerment with a deadly weapon as a felony
criminal offense; and providing a criminal penalty.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article seven, chapter sixty-one of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
twelve, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. DANGEROUS WEAPONS.
§61-7-12. Wanton endangerment involving a deadly weapon.
Any person who wantonly performs any act with a deadlyweapon which creates a substantial risk of death or serious
bodily injury to another shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be confined in the penitentiary for a
period of not less than one year or more than five years, or
confined in the county jail for not more than one year, or fined
not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than two
thousand five hundred dollars, or both.