Dillard Department Stores, Inc. v. Silva

106 S.W.3d 789 (2003)

DILLARD DEPARTMENT STORES, INC., Appellant,

v.

Lyndon SILVA, Appellee.

No. 06-02-00041-CV.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Submitted February 19, 2003.

Decided May 13, 2003.

Rehearing Overruled June 10, 2003.

Brock C. Akers, Neal D. Kieval, Phillips & Akers, PC, Houston, for appellant.

Don D. Becker, Carroll & Becker, Houston, for appellee.

Before MORRISS, C.J., ROSS and CARTER, JJ.

OPINION

Opinion by Justice ROSS.

Dillard Department Stores, Inc. accused Lyndon Silva of shoplifting from its Town and Country Mall location in Houston. Silva was tried in criminal court for theft…