charged that Parker and Kirby "did in Marlboro County on or about November 2, 1997, ... while armed with a deadly weapon feloniously take from the person or presence of the victim, Blvd Express, by means of force or intimidation goods or monies of said victim, such goods or monies being described as follows: $1,192.00 and two pistols.” 5 . Lawson was convicted of robbery, grand larceny, and aggravated assault. 6 . See S.C.Code Ann. § 16-13-30(A) (Supp.2000) ("Simple larceny of any article ... [with] a value of one thousand dollars or less is petit larceny, a misdemeanor ....”) (emphasis added); S.C.Code Ann. § 16-13-30 (1976) ("Any simple larceny of any article ... [with] the value of less than two hundred dollars shall be a misdemeanor ....”) (emphasis added); Gray, 14 Rich. 174 (<HOLDING>). 7 . See Truett v. Georgeson, 273 S.C. 661,
holding that a compensatory damages award of 250000 to truck driver and against merchant for defamation and malicious prosecution was not excessive under virginia law where the plaintiff suffered humiliation and embarrassment from being arrested taken into custody and booked for petit larceny due to actions of merchant he faced further insult with respect to his relationship with his employer and he incurred 10000 in actual outofpocket loss and expenses in defending against charge against him recognizing common law grand larceny as separate and distinct from the statutory offense of breaking and entering with intent to steal recognizing a charge of common law grand larceny as the basis of an action for malicious prosecution recognizing petit and grand larceny as merely two separate degrees of larceny not elements of the offense recognizing the abolition of common law petit larceny with the 1866 enactment of a statute which defined petit larceny as simple larceny of goods below the value of 20