State v. Tobin

LARSON, Justice.

Steven Leon Tobin appeals from his conviction of theft in the second degree in violation of Iowa Code section 714.2(2) (1981).

At trial, Andrew Terlouw, an employee of Younkers at Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids, testified that on January 6,1982, at approximately 7 p.m., he saw a black male approaching the store’s exit with an armload of coats. Terlouw gave chase, and the suspect fled to the parking lot. Terlouw lost the suspect but was informed that he had fled toward a nearby cemetery. The coats were subsequently found in the cemetery. The suspect escaped.

Tobin was identified as…