Harriford v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

The offense is shoplifting; the punishment, 10 years.

Appellant cites three grounds of error.

Certain facts are in dispute. Gene Carnes, a witness for the State, testified that he was employed by the Fort Worth Police Department, but had an off-duty job at a Woolco Department Store in Fort Worth as a plainclothes store detective. Carnes stated that on October 9, 1970, he first noticed appellant in the men’s department of the store. Several minutes later, he observed appellant in the ladies’ department. Carnes’ suspicion was aroused when he noticed a brown hanger mixed…