Brown v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

The appellant, Calvin L. Brown, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court of Commanche County Case No. CRF-83-723, for the crime of Larceny of Merchandise From a Retailer, After Former Conviction of a Felony and was sentenced to twenty (20) years imprisonment. From this judgment and sentence, he appeals.

On October 29, 1983, at approximately 8:00 p.m. Nolan Mackey, manager of the Montgomery Ward Store in Lawton, Oklahoma, received a call from security concerning a suspicious individual in his store. Mackey reported to the Jewelry Department whereupon he…