Stefan Gasparik was accused of shoplifting a leather jacket from a department store. He removed the price tag from the jacket he wanted, detached an anti-theft sensor, put the price tag on a different jacket, and attempted to leave the store without paying. While Gasparik denied the accusations, he was convicted of petit larceny. The conviction was affirmed by higher courts. The courts held that removing price tags and anti-theft devices from merchandise and attempting to exit the store without paying constituted sufficient evidence to establish the elements of larceny, even though Gasparik did not leave the store with the stolen property.