Westbrooks v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Presiding Judge.
A jury found Karen Westbrooks guilty of two counts of forgery, one count of theft by deception, and two counts of theft by taking. On appeal, Westbrooks argues that the evidence was insufficient to support her conviction for theft by deception and theft by taking. She also alleges that the court erred by admitting evidence of her prior difficulties with one of the victims. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
1. In reviewing Westbrooks’ challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict. We neither weigh the…
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