Jenkins v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was indicted for burglary and forgery in the first degree. The evidence adduced at a jury trial reveals that defendant went to her daughter’s elementary school on October 8, 1992, and without authority took a teacher’s (the victim’s) purse from an unoccupied classroom. The purse contained a check made payable to the victim and the victim’s driver’s license. Later that afternoon, defendant presented the stolen check for payment at the drive-through window of a local bank and used the victim’s driver’s license as proof of identification. The attending bank…