State v. Van

NORWIN D. HOUSER, Special Judge.

A jury convicted Eddie James Van of Stealing Over Fifty Dollars, § 560.156, RSMo 1969, and he appeals. We affirm.

Shortly after noon on July 8, 1975 Richard Coyle, Assistant Manager of the F. W. Woolworth store at 3601 Olive Street in the City of St. Louis, while descending on the escalator in the store, noticed a man in the back of the music department with a green satchel. The man was stacking phonograph records on top of the counter and placing them in the satchel. Coyle watched the man. As their eyes met the man (identified by Coyle as this appellant) walked…