State v. Cokeley

Berry, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal by Jerry S. Cokeley from a final judgment of the Circuit Court of Barbour County, entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of grand larceny.

At the October, 1974 term of the Grand Jury of the Circuit Court of Barbour County, an indictment was re turned against one William L. Eddy and the defendant, jointly charging them with the taking of 238 pounds of copper, valued at $200.00, from the Dexcar Queen Coal Company, a corporation. Upon his plea of not guilty, the defendant was tried before a jury of the circuit court on December 3, 1974.

According to the…