State v. Boggess

McHUGH, Justice.

This case is before this Court upon the petition of the appellant, David M. Bog-gess, for an appeal from his conviction in the Circuit Court of Putnam County, West Virginia, for the felony offense of possession of marihuana with the intent to deliver.1 Pursuant to that conviction the appellant was sentenced to the penitentiary for an indeterminate term of not less than one nor more than five years. This Court has before it the petition for appeal, all matters of record and the briefs and argument of counsel.

In 1981, Kevan Ransom was a conservation officer with the West…