Cartwright v. State

1 -, William James Cartwright is appealing his conviction by a Chicot County jury of robbery. 1 He argues that the State presented insufficient evidence to support the conviction and that the court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on theft as a lesser-included offense of robbery and in admitting evidence of out-of-state convictions in the sentencing phase. We affirm.

Cartwright admits that on September 27, 2014, he entered & True Value store in Lake Village, saw an employee place a money bag in a cabinet in an office, went into the office, took the money bag, and fled the store with it.…