City of Easley v. Deane

HOWELL, Chief Judge:

Paul Deane was convicted in municipal court of failing to provide a receipt from a retailer for goods he was offering for sale, a violation of S.C.Code Ann. § 40-41-710 (Supp.1997). Deane appealed to the Court of Common Pleas where his conviction was affirmed. He now appeals to this court. We affirm.

On February 7, 1997, Deane was arrested at the Curb Market in Easley where he was selling outdated food items in Winn Dixie Supermarket packaging. At the time of the arrest, the items still had Winn Dixie price tags on them. Deane had retrieved the items from Winn Dixie…