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STATE v. GOODNIGHT

No. 15210.

287 S.E.2d 504 (1982)

STATE of West Virginia v. James GOODNIGHT.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

February 24, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rose, Southern & Padden and Duane Southern, Fairmont, for appellant.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen. and Marianne Hoover, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellee.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

A two-count Marion County Grand Jury indictment charged James Goodnight with larceny of a $6,000 Gravely tractor belonging to John Carpenter, and with receiving this tractor as stolen property. The trial court directed a verdict on the receiving stolen property count,* and a jury found Goodnight guilty of attempted grand larceny. He was sentenced to one year in the county jail and fined $500.00.

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