Franklin v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction of the offense of (felony) theft by shoplifting. Held:

1. One of the State’s witnesses, a customer service manager at a Wal-Mart store, testified as to observing defendant walking through the store carrying a Wal-Mart bag, which was unusual in that it was not stapled and did not have a receipt at the top of it. The customer service manager testified that she approached defendant asking to see his receipt, that defendant kept walking, and that she walked alongside of defendant continuing her attempt to get defendant to show her a…