State v. Spurlock

KLEES, Judge.

On April 7, 1986, the appellant was charged with purse snatching. On May 13, 1987, a six-member jury found him guilty as charged. On July 1,1987, he was found to be a second offender and was sentenced to serve ten years at hard labor.

On March 1, 1986, Madeline Barnes was-shopping in Woolworths on Canal Street. Two security officers were observing her and noticed a man later identified as the defendant Reginald Spurlock following her. When Ms. Barnes reached the back of the store, Spurlock approached her and asked her if she was a saleslady. While this conversation was going on,…