Mohamed v. State

Hines, Justice.

Abdirisak D. Mohamed appeals his conviction for financial transaction card theft, asserting that OCGA § 16-9-31 (d) is unconstitutional. For the reasons that follow, we reverse his conviction.

Construed to support the verdict, the evidence showed that Treisha Johnson’s car was stolen while she stepped away from it to make a bank deposit. Her purse was in the car and contained two credit cards for gasoline companies.

Approximately a week later, a customer entered a restaurant and stated that some men were outside gathered around a car, and that there was a pistol in it; the car…