Owens v. State

Defendant was indicted for theft and found guilty as charged. Evidence introduced at the trial reveals that the defendant concealed a man’s sweater in her dress and that she left Shoppers Fair Discount Department Store of Indianapolis without paying for the sweater. A witness to the theft, Willie Wells, testified that he saw Doris Owens in the dress department of the store and that he saw her put a man’s sweater underneath her clothing. He watched her until she went to the front of the store and then he called a security officer. The store’s security officer, Michael Beaver, testified that he…