Tarpley v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the evidence established only a suspicion or a probability of guilt, and was insufficient as a matter of law to support the grand larceny conviction
• noting fact that accused lied provided basis for rejection of accused’s testimony but was not substantive evidence of guilt
• noting the fact that the accused lied provided a basis for rejecting the accused’s testimony but was not substantive evidence of guilt
• relying upon common law definition of the crime of larceny
• intent may be inferred from defendant's conduct and statements

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).