State v. Choat

363 S.E.2d 493 (1987)

STATE of West Virginia

v.

Frank CHOAT.

No. 17539.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

November 18, 1987.

Jill Miles, Asst. Atty. Gen., for State.

Robyn Ruttenberg, Wheeling, for Choat.

McHUGH, Justice:

This case is before this Court upon the appeal of Frank Choat. It arises from an order of the Circuit Court of Ohio County which placed the defendant on two years probation after he was found guilty by a jury of carrying a dangerous or deadly weapon without a state license in violation of W.Va.Code, 61-7-1 [1975]. This Court has before it the petition for appeal, all matters…