The 3rd District Appellate Court reversed an alleged shoplifter’s conviction, finding prosecutors incorrectly conflated retail theft with the more-serious charge of burglary.The Ottawa-based panel also found the Whiteside County judge who presided over the criminal trial incorrectly banned jurors from taking their own notes.The 11-page opinion written by Justice Daniel L. Schmidt found prosecutors did not prove Darren Johnson “exceeded his physical authority” — a necessary element of burglary under …