Bonner v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Emma Bonner was convicted of theft by taking and she appeals.

1. Appellant enumerates the general grounds. Construing the evidence to support the verdict, the victim, a 72-year-old retired railroad worker, testified he had known appellant all of her life and that she knew he kept his monthly retirement benefit funds in his bedroom. After cashing his benefit payment for the month of January 1988, the victim placed the money, which was primarily in denominations of 100s, 50s, and 20s, in his bedroom inside one pocket of a money purse. Appellant visited him shortly after the first…