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Letter Of The Case Of Law

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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM OF LAW

TO: Sara Lee, Attorney
FROM: Donna Nasser, Paralegal
DATE: October 17, 2008
RE: People v. Sam Kant
OFFICE FILE NUMBER: HQ 22467
DOCKET NUMBER: 09HQ9456

STATEMENT OF ASSIGNMENT: Sam Kant has requested that our office represent him in his defense against shoplifting charges.
FACTS: Our client, Sam Kant, was arrested for shoplifting at Bilmart, a national department store. At his wife’s request, Mr. Kant went to Bilmart on Wednesday, October 20, 2008, and purchased a case of six 4 oz. cans of Hoover’s Baked Beans with Bacon. Upon returning home, his wife chastised him for once again failing to purchase what she had requested. Apparently, Mrs. Kant can’t stand the taste of Hoover’s Beans, but is very fond of the Handell’s brand, and was planning to serve them to her book club when she hosted them for lunch the following afternoon. Mrs. Kant ordered her husband to return to Bilmart to exchange the Hoover’s beans for Handell’s beans.

Upon arrival at the store early the next morning, Mr. Kant found that the line for customer service was extremely long due to Bilmart’s annual sponsorship of a major community food drive. In an effort to save time, and thinking the line might be shorter upon his return, Mr. Kant placed the case of Hoover’s beans into a shopping cart, made his way through the store to the bean shelf, and then added the case of Handell’s beans to the cart. However, upon his return, the line had not diminished and it

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