State v. Rainwater

Katrina Rainwater appeals her conviction of first degree theft. Relying on State v. Coleman, 19 Wn. App. 549, 576 P.2d 925 (1978), Rainwater contends that the trial court erred when it permitted the State to establish the value of the stolen items by means of price tags, a list summarizing the information on the price tags, and the testimony of Lamonts’ security guard, wherein he assigned a value to the stolen items based on the price tags, all of which Rainwater contends are hearsay. We reject the reasoning of the Coleman majority and affirm Rainwater’s conviction.

Facts

On December 9, 1992,…