People v. Britto

OPINION OF THE COURT

Eve Preminger, J.

This is a motion to dismiss at the end of the People’s case in a shoplifting case. The People presented one witness, a secu*152rity supervisor for a Pathmark supermarket. He testified that he observed the defendant in the store placing paper towels and other items in a brown paper bag and then putting six or seven ham steaks under his belt. He then saw the defendant walk by the registers without paying, and come near his observation office, still within the store. The supervisor stopped him, asked for a receipt, and received instead the brown paper bag…