State v. Miller

MASON, Justice.

Wayne Edward Miller was charged January 22, 1974, by county attorney’s informa tion with the crime of shoplifting property valued at over twenty dollars in violation of section 709.20, The Code. February 4, 1974, Miller was found guilty and was sentenced to a term of five years in the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison. He appeals from judgment imposing such sentence.

September 13, 1973, at approximately 6:00 p. m. Miller was seen loading cartons of cigarettes into a grocery cart at the National Tea food store in Davenport. Manager Robert White called the Davenport Police…