Green v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT

SALMON, J.

*42Appellant appeals his conviction of retail theft. The State contends that Roy Green entered J.C. Penney Store empty-handed, removed a pair of slacks from their hanger, and employing a receipt he had with him obtained a refund of the price of the slacks. Green contends that he entered the store with the slacks and the receipt, and obtained a refund by returning the previously purchased slacks, which were the wrong size, when he could not exchange them for a pair of the right size.

The ground for appeal was the introduction into evidence of a statement made by Green…