Cornell v. State

MlKELL, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Gwendolyn Cornell was found guilty of two counts of shoplifting: one with a co-defendant, Donnella Wilson; and one independently. She appeals, asserting that the trial court erred in admitting similar transaction evidence of a prior shoplifting offense by Cornell. We affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to support the jury’s verdict, 1 the record reflects that on May 1, 2006, Jeffery Hanson, a loss prevention detective at Macy’s at Arbor Place Mall in Douglas County, observed Cornell taking two shirts from a display, hiding them in a shopping bag,…