Martin v. State

BOWEN, Judge.

The defendant was indicted and convicted for grand larceny and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.

The defendant entered Delchamps Grocery Store on the Atlanta Highway in East Montgomery around 7:45 on the evening of March 12, 1978. She walked around the store and placed some items in her grocery cart. She went to the meat case and got two packages of bacon and fourteen hams and also placed them in her cart. The defendant then went to one of the aisles and “started putting it all in her purse” or diaper bag. She put the meat in the bag and left the other items in the cart. When…