State v. Garcia

OPINION

NAKAMURA, Justice.

{1} Patricia Garcia, a fifty-two-year-old teacher, induced Page Kent, an eighty-four-year-old widower, to believe that she was his loving partner and thereby gained access to his bank accounts and depleted over $50,000 of his life’s savings. A jury convicted Garcia of Fraud, in violation of NMSA 1978, Section 30-16-6 (2006), and Computer Access with Intent to Defraud, in violation ofNMSA 1978, Section 30-45-3 (2006). The Court of Appeals reversed, finding insufficient evidence to support the convictions. State v. Garcia, 2015-NMCA-094, ¶ 1, 356 P.3d 45, cert. granted,…