Mayo v. State

OPINION

O’CONNOR, Justice.

The appellant, Alma June Mayo, pled guilty to the offense of theft. The trial court sentenced her to 18-years confinement. In two points of error, the appellant argues the trial court violated her rights to equal protection and due process of law by basing her sentence on her indigence. We affirm.

Factual background

The appellant was the head bookkeeper at the law firm of Schechter & Lieberman. In December 1990, the office administrator, Caroline Winter, began to suspect the appellant was embezzling money from the firm. After Winters told Arthur Schechter about her…