Legal Opinion
State v. Colf
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided July 27, 1998No. 2875PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CURETON, Judge:
A grand jury indicted Richard Coif (Coif) for third degree burglary and larceny. At trial in August 1996, a jury convicted Coif of burglary, but not larceny. Coif now appeals and raises issues regarding the use of his prior convictions for larceny and breaking and entering to impeach him. We reverse and remand.
I. FACTS
A warehouse employee testified that on April 8, 1996, he arrived at work to discover a truck parked at the back between two locked warehouses. The employee identified Coif as the man he saw dragging a machine out of a warehouse unit. The machine, a pump, stood in…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- United States v. Edward M. GilbertCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Frank W. CatheyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Lester Sloman (89-4056), Paul Bauer (89-4057)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by18 opinions
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