City of Fargo v. Gustafson

MESCHKE, Justice.

Kurtis Wade Gustafson appealed a jury conviction of theft, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm.

A security officer for the Target Store testified that, watching through “peg holes,” she observed Gustafson select four Nintendo tapes from displays and place them in a shopping cart. Shortly, the security officer saw him, in another aisle and separated from his accompanying boy, pick two of the tapes from the cart and put them into his coat. Then, Gustafson went to the snack area, met his boy, and purchased a beverage. He left his cart, threw something into a…