McCain v. State

Ruffin, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Renna McCain guilty of theft by shoplifting. In her sole enumeration of error, she argues that the trial court should have granted a mistrial after evidence was introduced regarding an earlier shoplifting incident at a different store. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

McCain and Sabrina Dennis were charged with shoplifting various items from a Belk department store on December 2, 2006. Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, 1 the record reflects that McCain and Dennis entered the store accompanied by two small children. One of the children was…