State v. Justice

STEPHENS, Judge.

Defendant Tonya Justice appeals from judgment entered upon her conviction of larceny from a merchant by removal of anti-theft device. For the reasons which follow, we arrest judgment in part, and reverse and remand in part.

At trial, the evidence tended to show the following: In December 2009, Defendant and a male friend went to a Belk department store. Defendant took several garments into a fitting room. She then handed some items out of the fitting room to her friend, who put the clothes back on hangers. The store’s loss prevention manager, who recognized Defendant from a…