McCracken v. State

OPINION

TATUM, Judge.

A Sullivan County Grand Jury indicted appellants for robbery and assault and battery. Both were found guilty of petit larceny and they were sentenced to terms of not less than 2 years nor more than 5 years in the State Penitentiary. We affirm.

The accredited evidence was that on November 16,1974, Debbie Rhoten, night cashier for Carl’s Beverage Center in Bristol, Tennessee, observed appellants secreting packages of luncheon meat in their clothing. She started to telephone the police but did not complete the call because appellants came toward the check-out counter.…