Fuller v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury found Andrew L. Fuller guilty of theft by shoplifting and the trial court sentenced him to serve ten years. Fuller appeals from his conviction and sentence, asserting that his character was improperly placed into evidence, that the trial court failed to excuse for cause a biased juror and that the sentence was improper. For the following reasons, we reverse as to sentencing only.

Viewed in a light most favorable to support the verdict, the evidence shows that on May 18, 1993, Fuller and a female companion entered a grocery store, obtained a shopping cart and headed toward…