State v. Tennant

MILLER, Justice:

Timothy Tennant appeals his conviction by a jury in the Circuit Court of Wood County, which found him guilty of leaving the scene of an accident, in violation of W.Va.Code, 17C-4-1. He was sentenced to one year in jail and fined $1,000. He assigns the following errors: (1) the verdict should not have been accepted after one juror, during the poll of the jury, said the evidence was insufficient; (2) no instruction was given requiring the State to prove that the defendant had knowledge of the accident and the resulting injury; (3) the defendant’s motion for acquittal should have…