Overturf v. State

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This case involves a conviction on charges of automobile larceny and joyriding. We granted certiorari primarily for the purpose of considering and clarifying the procedures attendant to the proper use of the wayside bill of exceptions in a criminal trial. Related to this issue are several other procedural questions regarding a criminal defendant’s right to a directed verdict in a case where the evidence is, at best, marginal.

I

Petitioner, Terry L. Overturf, along with a co-defendant, Hubert Dewayne Hargis, was indicted on charges of automobile lar*914ceny and joyriding.…