Outstanding warrants from West Virginia are pending orders for detention that could not be served for one or the other reason. In essence, there is no difference between a detention decree that has been freshly issued and arrest warrants that have languished in the police databases for years. Time does not impact the powers of such orders in any sense.
The criminal procedure of West Virginia is divided into various sub processes each meant to tackle a particular stage in adult offender handling. For instance, arrests are dealt with through preliminary examinations and grand jury hearings depending on the specific circumstances of a case. Typically, being taken into custody or the issue of a WV active warrantin the name of a person signifies that criminal proceedings have been started against him.
The West Virginia State Police maintains the crime history center for the state, collecting information under the crime reporting act from various judicial and law enforcement agencies in the counties of the state. Cops are required by law to submit information pertaining to all arrests and the issue of active warrants to the central repository kept by the agency.
West Virginia courts’ hierarchy comprises of the state Supreme Court at the top of the pyramid followed by general jurisdiction tribunals which are known as circuit courts, domestic relations tribunals and local courts at the county and municipal levels which have limited jurisdiction. Here is a look at how these courts handle various criminal and civil matters.
Arrests are defined as custodial detentions effected with or without active warrants.Because these infringe on the constitutional liberties granted to the citizens of the United states, when an active warrant is issued it has to be done with the involvement of the judiciary in the process.