Caton v. State

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

Appellants were convicted of grand larceny of merchandise of the value of more than $35 from the K Mart Shopping Center in Ft. Smith. Their appeal is based upon allegations that there was error in the admission into evidence of a stenographer’s notebook seized by police from an automobile owned by appellant Headley, in denying their requested instruction on the crime of shoplifting defined by Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-3939 (Repl. 1964) and in failing to direct a verdict for appellant Headley.

George Alonzo, a security guard at K Mart saw two females taking merchandise from…