Legal Question in Criminal Law in Georgia

Re: Shoplifting

Sure. Amongst the situations: you conceal an item (such as put it in your pocket), or change a price tag.

Re: Shoplifting

Under O.C.G.A (Offical Code of Georgia) 16-8-14:

(a) A person commits the offense of theft by shoplifting when he alone or in concert with another person, with the intent of appropriating merchandise to his own use without paying for the same or to deprive the owner of possession thereof or of the value thereof, in whole or in part, does any of the following:

(1) conceals or takes possession of the goods or merchandise of any store or retail establishment;

(2) Alters the prive tag or other price marking on goods or merchandise of any store or retail establishment;

(3) Transfers the goods or merchandise of any store or retail establishment from one container to another;

(4) Interchanges the label or price tage from one item of merchandise with a label or price tag for another item of merchandise; or

(5)Wrongfully causes the amount paid to be less than the merchant's stated price for the merchandise.