Taylor v. State

SHIELDS, Judge.

Defendant William C. Taylor is appealing from his conviction of the offense of theft.

The facts most favorable to the State are as follows: At 8:45 p. m. on March 8, 1978, Paul V. Haag, an employee of J. C. Penney Co., Inc. at Washington Square, heard a security alarm sound in the hardware department stock room. Haag immediately ran to the stock room and heard a fire door click shut. Haag went through the door and saw a man getting into the front passenger seat of a station wagon. The man was carrying three (3) boxes which he put in the back seat. Haag followed the man to the…