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Vernon Williams appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of felony theft by shoplifting, misdemeanor obstruction of a law enforcement officer, and simple assault. For the following reasons, we affirm the conviction but vacate the sentence imposed and remand for resentencing. 1. Williams contends the evidence was insufficient to support the guilty verdicts.

Employees of Sam’s Club store testified that the shoplifting at issue occurred at a back exit which led from the interior of the store to an adjacent garage area where the store performed work on cars for its customers. There was no cash register at the exit to the garage, so customers with merchandise to purchase could not leave the store through this exit. The exit door was locked from the inside, but a store employee assigned to monitor the exit could unlock the door with a buzzer to allow customers whose cars were being worked on to enter the garage area, as long as they were not carrying unpurchased merchandise.

 
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