State v. Eagle

HALL, Justice:

Defendant appeals from a jury trial conviction of theft1 of two suits of clothing from a downtown Salt Lake City department store. The record discloses no reversible error and we therefore affirm the conviction and judgment of the court below.

The believable evidence adduced at trial was that the defendant and one Myles were observed in the men’s suit department of the store by a security guard. Myles was carrying a raincoat which he subsequently handed to defendant. While Myles positioned himself at the end of two suit racks which stood side by side, defendant went between the…