State v. Cooper

Defendant was indicted and convicted of the larceny of property of the value of more than $200.00, a felony. There was ample evidence to support the verdict and the verdict supports the judgment. Evidence offered by the State tended to show the value of the property allegedly stolen by defendant was more than $200.00. Defendant offered no evidence as to the value of such property.

The court failed to instruct the jury that (1) one of the elements of the crime “charged in the bill of indictment” was that the stolen property must be of a value in excess of $200.00, and (2) if the value of the…