Legal Opinion
State v. Stone
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided July 8, 1980No. 14094PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Caplan, Justice:
The appellant, Clarence Arthur Stone, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Nicholas County of the crime of larceny and was sentenced to a term of one year in the county jail. On this appeal he assigns the following errors: (1) the refusal of the trial court to suppress certain evidence and the admission into evidence of certain items seized as a result of a search on May 6, 1975; (2) the giving of State’s Instructions Nos. 3,4,6 and 7; and, (3) the refusal of a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal.
Principally, it is the contention of the appellant that probable cause…
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