Legal Opinion

Scruggs v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided April 1, 1985No. 4-1084A282PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MILLER, Presiding Judge.

Arlena Vivian Scruggs, defendant-appellant, appeals her conviction for theft, a class D felony, IND.CODE 85-48-4-2(a) (1982), resulting from her actions in concert with a department store cashier who allowed certain customers to leave the store with merchandise not fully paid for. Arle-na alleges the evidence at trial was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she "knowingly or intentionally" committed theft or that she exerted the necessary control over the stolen property, claiming she was an unwitting participant in a scheme planned by her son and the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Harris v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Lewis v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Buttram v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Woods v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1983
  5. In re Estate of YorkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1985

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Fundukian v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1988

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