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holding price tags attached to goods at time of theft are competent evidence of value
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No. 14171
October 19, 1983
Appeal from Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; J. Charles Thompson, Judge.
Morgan D. Harris, Public Defender, and Douglas P. DeJulio, Deputy Public Defender, Clark County, for Appellant.
Brian McKay, Attorney General, Carson City; Robert J. Miller, District Attorney, and James Tufteland, Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.
OPINION
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of one count of grand larceny in violation of NRS 205.220. The charge was based on the theft of goods from a retail department store. Appellant contends that the evidence presented at trial concerning the value of the stolen goods was not sufficient to sustain his conviction. We disagree.
NRS 205.220 provides in part that:
Every person who feloniously steals, takes and carries away . . . the personal goods or property of another of the value of $100 or more . . . is guilty of grand larceny. . . .
The state primarily relied on evidence of price tags attached to the goods at the time of the theft. The price tags, which indicated that the goods had a fair market value of more than $100, were competent evidence of the value of the stolen goods for purposes of establishing grand larceny. See Lauder v. State, 195 A.2d 610 (Md. 1963); City of Albuquerque v. Martinez, 604 P.2d 842 (N.M.Ct.App. 1979); Norris v. State, 475 S.W.2d 553 (Tenn.Crim.App. 1971). See generally Mercado v. Sheriff, 94 Nev. 771, 587 P.2d 1327 (1978).
Appellant's other contention has been considered and is without merit.
Affirmed.