Maddox v. State

Carley, Judge.

Maddox was charged with taking three "Message Center” telephones from the electronics department of the J. C. Penney store at Northlake Mall on June 26,1978. He was tried by a jury and convicted of theft by taking under the provisions of former Code Ann. § 26-1802 (Ga. L. 1975, pp. 876, 877).

The state’s evidence established that Maddox was observed in the toy department, watching the salesman across the aisle in the electronics department. After looking around in the electronics department he left the store, moved his automobile around to the closest exit and, leaving the motor…