CAJ v. State

127 Ga. App. 813 (1973)

195 S.E.2d 225

C. A. J.

v.

STATE OF GEORGIA.

47583.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Argued October 4, 1972.

Decided January 3, 1973.

Lucy F. Henritze, Joseph M. Winter, for appellant.

Thomas M. Witcher, for appellee.

PANNELL, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the Juvenile Court of DeKalb County of theft by taking and sentenced to an indefinite term of commitment to a youth development center.

The victim, a Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while putting on his pants in a dressing room of an Atlanta department store, dropped his wallet. Appellant, who was present in the…