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ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE:

E. THOMAS KEMP STEVE CARTER
Richmond, Indiana Attorney General of Indiana

   ARTHUR THADDEUS PERRY
   Special Deputy Attorney General
   Indianapolis, Indiana

  
  

IN THE
COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA
  

CHRISTOPHER GIBBS, )
)
Appellant-Defendant, )
)
vs. ) No. 89A01-0710-CR-463
)
STATE OF INDIANA, )
)
Appellee-Plaintiff. )
  

             APPEAL FROM THE WAYNE SUPERIOR COURT
The Honorable P. Thomas Snow, Judge
Cause No. 89D01-0609-FD-129
  


April 30, 2008


MEMORANDUM DECISION - NOT FOR PUBLICATION


CRONE, Judge
Pursuant to Ind. Appellate Rule 65(D),  this Memorandum Decision shall not be regarded as precedent or cited before any court except for the purpose of establishing the defense of res judicata, collateral estoppel, or the law of the case.






Case Summary
Christopher Gibbs challenges his sentence for class D felony theft.  We affirm.  
Issue
The issue is whether the trial court abused its discretion in sentencing Gibbs to the one-and-one-half-year advisory sentence.
Facts and Procedural History

In early September 2006, Gibbs, age twenty, entered a Wal-Mart store in Richmond in violation of a no-trespass order.  Once inside, Gibbs removed his coat and hung it on a hanger, leaving his business cardholder and some paperwork in the pocket.  He put on a new suit coat and walked out of the store without paying for it.  A Wal-Mart security officer found Gibbs

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