Cooper v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judgé.

Following a jury trial, Willie Jesse Cooper was convicted of a single count of intent to defraud a retailer. He now appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial, claiming that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction because it failed to show that the Wal-Mart store he defrauded was a “retailer.” Discerning no error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, Drammeh v. State, 2 the evidence shows that on August 24, 2007, Cooper entered a Wal-Mart store, obtained a shopping cart, and proceeded to the back of the store, where…