Stroud v. State

Cooper, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of kidnapping and appeals the denial of her motion for new trial.

Construed in a light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence adduced at trial shows that appellant, Teresa Ann Stroud, and Evelyn Valdez-Hardin, appellant’s aunt and co-defendant, occasionally worked as housekeepers for Steven and Gary Reynolds (the “Reynoldses”). When appellant and co-defendant discovered that the Reynoldses were eager to adopt a child, they told the Reynoldses about a drug addict named “Priscilla,” who they claimed would be willing to give up her six-week-old…