People v. Lakin

Defendant was convicted hy a jury of larceny in a building, MCLA §750.360 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.592), and sentenced to a term of 2-1/2 to 4 years.

Defendant was charged with stealing a coat and four pairs of socks in the K-Mart Department Store in the city of Detroit. A store detective testified that she observed the defendant put on a coat taken from the K-Mart racks and attempt to leave the store without paying for it. She arrested the defendant and took him to her office in the store. At the opening of the trial the court granted the prosecutor’s motion to indorse on the information the…