Caudle v. State

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

Wilma Caudle (Caudle) was found guilty in a bench trial of check deception. 1 Her appeal is on two grounds. First, Caudle claims error because her motion for directed verdict was not granted. The second issue on appeal is the constitutionality of the check deception statute, in particular the prima facie or presumption provisions of the statute.

We reverse.

We need discuss only whether the motion for a directed verdict should have been granted by the trial court. A directed verdict should be granted only where there is a total lack of evidence on some essential issue…