2005 West Virginia Code - §61-11-6. — Punishment of principals in the second degree and accessories; who not deemed accessories after the fact.

§61-11-6. Punishment of principals in the second degree and accessories; who not deemed accessories after the fact.

In the case of every felony, every principal in the second degree, and every accessory before the fact, shall be punishable as if he were the principal in the first degree; and every accessory after the fact shall be confined in jail not more than one year and fined not exceeding five hundred dollars. But no person in the relation of husband and wife, parent or grandparent, child or grandchild, brother or sister, by consanguinity or affinity, or servant to the offender, who, after the commission of a felony, shall aid or assist a principal felon, or accessory before the fact, to avoid or escape from prosecution or punishment, shall be deemed an accessory after the fact.