Defendant, William Harvey Parks, appeals from his misdemeanor conviction of possession of less than 15 grams of marijuana. The main error urged is that the indictment and State's Instruction E, a binding instruction, both define the crime of possession without including the element of intent. The statute in question, W.Va. Code, 60A-4-401(c), provides in material part:
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