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- Title: Connie Ann Tapp v. State Indiana
- Author : Supreme Court Of Indiana
- Release Date : January 23, 1980
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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The facts most favorable to the state are as follows. On April 14, 1979, off duty Evansville police officer, Bertus Weisheit (Weisheit), was working as a plainclothes security guard at the North Park Sears store in Evansville, Indiana. From a concealed spot within the Sears store Weisheit observed Tapp wrap a pair of childrens shoes in a pink baby blanket and put them into her purse. He watched as she continued to walk through the childrens department toward the front door. When Tapp reached the front door, Weisheit left his observation point, lost sight of Tapp for two or three seconds, then followed her out of the door. As Weisheit approached Tapp he displayed his badge and announced: "I am a City Police Officer and youre under arrest for shoplifting." He then asked her to open her purse. She refused. A scuffle ensued involving Officer Weisheit, Tapp, and Tapps sister, all of whom ended up back inside the Sears store. Weisheit suffered three bites on his right arm which Tapp admitted inflicting on him since she thought he was a purse snatcher. A customer witnessing the fray saw the shoes drop to the floor inside the store, and both the shoes and blanket were recovered by a Sears clerk at the site of the scuffling inside the front entrance of the store. The state filed its information charging Tapp with battery of a law enforcement officer, and after trial by jury she was convicted as charged.
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