Williams v. State

Ernie E. Wright, Chief Judge.

Appellant was tried before the court with jury waived and found guilty of theft of propery, a misdemeanor, in violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-2203;

On appeal he asserts insufficiency of the evidence to support the finding of guilt and that the trial court erred in allowing hearsay testimony over appellant’s objection.

Appellant was employed at a Safeway Store in Little Rock. While operating a cash register at a checkout stand, his supervisor noticed appellant rang up a total of $3.20 on the cash register for a customer who had two bags of merchandise and some…