Senate Bill No. 111
(By Senators Plymale, Wagner, Anderson, Felton, Minard,
Yoder, Jones, Walker, Ross, Helmick, Wooton, Dittmar and Whitlow)
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[Introduced February 23, 1993; referred to the Committee
.]
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A BILL to amend article two, 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
four-a, relating to crimes against the person; defining
wanton endangerment as a felony criminal offense; and
providing a criminal penalty.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, 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 four-
a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON.
§61-2-4a. Wanton endangerment; penalty.
A person is guilty of wanton endangerment when, under
circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of
human life, the person engages in conduct which creates asubstantial danger of death or serious physical injury to another
person. A person convicted for wanton endangerment, which is a
felony, 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 less than one year, or fined not less than
two hundred fifty dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred
dollars, or both fined and imprisoned.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create and define the
felony offense of wanton endangerment.
This section is new; therefore,
strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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