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West Virginia Supreme Court· 6/27/1986

State v. Barker

Citations

  • 346 S.E.2d 344
  • 176 W. Va. 553
  • 1986 W. Va. LEXIS 498

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  • “Failure to afford a criminal defendant the fundamental right to have the jury instructed on all essential elements of the offense charged has been recognized as plain error.”
  • \Failure to afford a criminal defendant the fundamental right to have the jury instructed on all essential elements of the offense charged has been recognized as plain error.\
  • “The right of an accused to be present at every stage of a criminal trial is also protected by W. Va. R. Crim. P. 43.”
  • “Failure to afford a criminal defendant the fundamental right to have the jury instructed on all essential elements of the offense charged has been recognized as plain error.”
  • mere receipt of stolen goods knowing them to have been stolen is not itself a crime, “as where the property is received with the intent of restoring it to the owner without reward”

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Judges: Brotherton

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