Hinton v. State

Deen, Judge.

According to the testimony of the victim, confirmed by an eyewitness, she was in the act of boarding a bus when the defendant ran between her and the bus, knocking her to the ground and inflicting a bruise and back injury, at the same time slashing open the pocketbook which she held in her hand and taking some of the contents (which did not include money), and then reaching down the neck of her dress where she had placed $25 in bills which he snatched, and ran into a nearby store. He was apprehended at a later time when the victim saw him at another bus stop and called the police,…