State v. Harless

Miller, Justice:

The defendant, Garland Wade Harless, was convicted by a jury of armed robbery and was sentenced to ten years in the State penitentiary by the Circuit Court of Cabell County. His primary error is the claim that the trial court incorrectly instructed the jury relative to the elements of the crime of robbery.

On January 3, 1979, at 6:30 p.m., Gloria Roberts was closing her beauty shop when her purse was grabbed and she was knocked backwards onto an iron post. No weapon was used in taking the purse, which contained $600.00 in cash and two diamond rings. On January 4, 1979,…