Mortier v. State

OPINION

QUENTIN KEITH, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted of felony theft and a jury assessed his punishment at confinement for four years.

Mrs. Mellie Blume, age 65, testified that on January 16, 1971, she received a telephone call from a man representing himself to be a bank official who was attempting to catch a thief in the bank. She was instructed by this caller to withdraw all of her money from the bank and was told that a messenger would be sent by her house to get the money which would be returned to her later along with $100 as compensation for her trouble.

Mrs. Blume, although having…