State v. Shields

CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

Defendant was convicted by a jury of grand larceny and was sentenced to an indeterminate term, as provided by law, in the state prison. On appeal, she contends that the trial court erred in denying her motion to suppress evidence seized from the automobile in which she was riding at the time of her apprehension.

During the morning hours, a sum of money in excess of $500 was removed from a cash drawer behind a counter in a department store in Fillmore, Utah. While the money had been left unattended by the store manager, a woman was observed in the vicinity of the…