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An employee of a self-service liquor store watched Lee pick up two bottles of cognac worth $16.47 each. Lee concealed one of the bottles in his pants and held the other in his hand. When approached by the employee, Lee returned both bottles to the shelf and fled. He was chased by the employee, who flagged down a police cruiser. Lee was arrested for shoplifting. Is he guilty of shoplifting

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Answer:yes you can still be charged but usually the court will have more sympathy since you returned the item but you will have a less harder punishment associated with conviction if convicted

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