Oliver v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Oliver was convicted of shoplifting and his sole enumeration of error on appeal is that the trial court erred by failing to charge the jury on abandonment of intent.

James Key and Jean Perdue, security guards at Zayre’s Department Store, observed appellant pick up a stack of record albums and take them into a stockroom. Perdue followed appellant into the stockroom and when she entered appellant had nothing in his hands. He asked if there were any boxes he could have and when Perdue said no, appellant departed. He was arrested a few feet outside the stockroom by Key, and Perdue…