State v. Neider

MILLER, Chief Justice:

The defendant in this proceeding, Shelly Lynn Neider, was sentenced by the Circuit Court of Wood County to ten years in the state penitentiary for aggravated or armed robbery. 1 On appeal she argues that larceny was a lesser included offense under her robbery indictment and consequently the trial court erred in refusing to give a larceny instruction. She also claims that some members of the jury panel were tainted by a newspaper article relative to a jailbreak in which she was involved. After examining the questions presented, we disagree with the defendant’s assertions,…