Mead v. State

TERRY B. PATTERSON, Associate Judge.

The appellant was first convicted on an information filed August 20, 1954, the first count charging the larceny of 1,312 pounds of copper wire on August 1, 1954, and the second count charging the larceny of 1,300 pounds of copper wire on August 8, 1954. On the eve of trial the Court upon motion required the State to elect upon which count it would proceed and the County Solicitor elected to try the appellant on the first count.

For reasons not pertinent to this present appeal, the appellant’s conviction was reversed by the Supreme Court and a re-trial…