Butler v. State

McMURRAY, Presiding Judge.

Defendants Anthony Dewayne Butler and Dean Ray Ridley were jointly tried before a jury and found guilty of three counts of theft by shoplifting. Their separate appeals challenge only the sufficiency of the evidence, and so are consolidated for disposition in a single opinion. Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdicts, the evidence adduced at trial showed the following:

The Belk’s department store security video clearly shows that defendant Butler knelt next to his wife, Vivian Butler, and helped conceal her from view as she surreptitiously placed two…