Hopkins v. State

Phipps, Presiding Judge.

Robert Hopkins was convicted of theft by shoplifting. He appeals from his conviction, arguing that the trial court erred by (1) permitting the state to introduce evidence of a prior burglary conviction for impeachment purposes, and (2) refusing to give one of his requested jury charges. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

The state presented evidence that on November 29, 2007, a loss prevention investigator at a Home Depot store saw Hopkins and another man place approximately 30 rolls of copper wire into a shopping cart; copper wire was the “highest loss” or…