Legal Opinion
State v. Goff
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 2, 1980No. 14151PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Justice:
In this appeal from a conviction of breaking and entering, the defendant Eldred G. Goff assigns several grounds of error. The first relates to the seizure of the title to a 1969 Ford automobile which was found in the glove compartment of his pick-up truck. The second and third errors relate to the State’s instructions on intent and burden of proof.
Late in the evening of December 22, 1976, a police officer noticed a 1969 Ford automobile being driven across a used car lot in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Since the lot was closed and the car was being driven without lights, the…
2Cases cited57 opinions
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3Cited by52 opinions
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