People v. Mays

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STOUDER

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a conviction for theft following a bench trial held on March 12, 1979, in Peoria County. On December 29, 1978, defendant, Larry Mays, was in Bergner’s Store in Peoria. Mays was in the men’s department when he walked over to where the suits were hanging and took four suits from the rack. Defendant walked past the cash register and toward the exit door. As he went, he gestured to other customers to be quiet. When he was within a couple of feet from the exit he was apprehended by Charles Knaub, a security…