STATE v. MADISON

No. 19977-KA.

535 So.2d 1024 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. James L. MADISON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levy, James & Shealy by S. Andrew Shealy, Ruston, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Barbara B. Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., New Orleans, T.J. Adkins, Dist. Atty., Dan J. Grady, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., Ruston, for appellee.

Before JASPER E. JONES, NORRIS and LINDSAY, JJ.


LINDSAY, Judge.

The defendant, James L. Madison, appeals his conviction and sentence for theft of property in excess of $500.00, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:67. He was sentenced to serve ten years at hard labor. For the reasons assigned below, we affirm the defendant's conviction and sentence.

FACTS

At about noon on March 24, 1987, Carol Saurage Coburn, a member of the loss prevention program at the Wal-Mart store in Ruston, Louisiana, observed several...

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