Carpenter v. State

378 N.E.2d 908 (1978)

Bruce CARPENTER, Defendant-Appellant,

v.

STATE of Indiana, Plaintiff-Appellee.

No. 3-776A160.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

August 2, 1978.

Stephen R. Carlson, Smith & Carlson, Auburn, for defendant-appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Elmer Lloyd Whitmer, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for plaintiff-appellee.

GARRARD, Presiding Judge.

Carpenter was tried by jury and convicted of theft. The evidence disclosed that at about 3:30 p.m. on October 31, 1974, Carpenter entered Carbaugh's Jewelry in Auburn, Indiana, for the second time that day. At the time the…