Brown v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Matthew Brown, was convicted of theft by shoplifting a $4.97 bracelet at a Wal-Mart store.

While on a family shopping trip at the Wal-Mart in Waycross, the wayward Brown was observed by the store security employee, Leo Root, to remove a bracelet from the display rack, place it in his hip pocket, and depart the store. Root confronted Brown in the mall food court, and Brown, after first denying having the bracelet, retrieved it from his pocket. Root escorted Brown back to the store, called the police, and summoned Brown’s parents over the store intercom.…